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26 paź 2024 · Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts.
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Linguistic characteristics Irish is a Celtic language that, via Proto-Celtic (c. 1.000 B.C.), can be derived from the recon-structed Proto-Indo-European language that was spoken in the Neolithic c. 6.000 years ago. Through this ancestry, Irish is very distantly related to most European languages and to many more in the Near and Middle East.
Irish (Gaelic or Irish Gaelic) is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Irish is now spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population – mostly in Gaeltacht areas – but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state.
Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l ɪ k / GAY-lik), [3] [4] [5] is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. [4] [6] [7] [8] [3] It is a member of the Goidelic language group of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. [9]It was the majority of the population's first language ...
Irish is a Celtic language which is closely related to Scottish and Manx Gaelic. It is also related to Welsh, Cornish and Breton. The first speakers of Irish probably arrived on these shores from mainland Europe over 2,500 years ago.
Gaeilge (known in English as “Irish”, or sometimes “Gaelic”) is a Celtic language that has been spoken in Ireland for over 2000 years, and was the predominant language on the island up to the 19th century.
In Ireland, the traditional family structure of a husband, wife and children is still the norm, but there is growing acceptance of other living arrangements. Indeed, there are many alternative households, including single-person households, single-parent families, couples without children and LGBTQI + couples with children.
