Goidelic

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Goidelic is the branch of Celtic languages that includes Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.

All labels observed (12)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Celtic languages
language family subgroup
alsoKnownAs Goidelic
surface form: Gaelic languages

Goidelic
surface form: Goidelic Celtic

Goidelic
surface form: Goidelic languages
characteristicFeature broad and slender consonant distinction
initial consonant mutation
rich verbal morphology
use of inflected prepositions
verb–subject–object word order tendency
contrastsWith Brythonic
developedFrom Celtic languages
surface form: Insular Celtic

Primitive Irish
earliestStage Primitive Irish
geographicDistribution Gaeltacht regions
Ireland
Irish diaspora communities
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

Manx diaspora communities
Scotland
Scottish Islands
surface form: Scottish Highlands and Islands

Scottish diaspora communities
hasAlternativeName Q-Celtic
hasAncestor Proto-Celtic
Proto-Indo-European
hasISO639FamilyCode cel
hasLinguisticTypology fusional language type
hasMember Irish
Manx
Scottish Gaelic
hasSubgroup Irish language
Manx
surface form: Manx language

Scottish Gaelic
surface form: Scottish Gaelic language
historicalWritingSystem Ogham script
influenced Irish English
surface form: Hiberno-English

Manx
surface form: Manx English

Scottish English
laterStage Middle Irish
Goidelic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Modern Goidelic languages

Old Irish
partOf Indo-European language family
subclassOf Celtic languages
Celtic languages
surface form: Insular Celtic languages
timeDepth attested from at least the 4th century CE
usedIn Gaelic literature
Gaelic oral tradition
traditional Gaelic culture
writingSystem Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Irish languageFamily Goidelic
Gaelic Orthographic Conventions languageBranch Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Primitive Irish branchOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Proto-Celtic ancestorOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Kingdom of Scotland primaryEthnicGroup Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaels
Middle Irish languageFamily Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Goidelic alsoKnownAs Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Goidelic alsoKnownAs Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic Celtic
Goidelic alsoKnownAs Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic languages
Goidelic laterStage Goidelic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Modern Goidelic languages
Celtic languages hasSubgroup Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Proto-Goidelic subclassOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic language
Proto-Goidelic branchOf Goidelic
Proto-Goidelic languageFamily Goidelic
Kenneth MacAlpin ethnicGroup Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gael
Celtic nations hasSubgroup Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic nations
House of Alpin ethnicGroup Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaels
Early Modern Irish subdivisionOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Early Modern Irish languageFamily Goidelic
this entity surface form: Celtic
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil languageBranch Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Ulster Irish languageSubbranch Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Galloway etymologyLanguage Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Manx languageFamily Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
MacLeod ethnicOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Sullivan etymologicalOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Insular Celtic languages hasSubdivision Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Munster Irish subdivisionOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Munster Irish hasLanguageBranch Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Connacht Irish partOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Connacht Irish languageFamily Goidelic
Fitzpatrick languageOfOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Gaeilge Uladh subclassOf Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic language
Gaeilge Uladh languageFamily Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Gaels speak Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic languages
Gaels historicalLanguageFamily Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
MacJohn hasLanguageInfluence Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
McKenna hasTypicalHeritage Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Gaelic Irish alsoKnownAs Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaedhil
Aulay etymologicalOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
“Brac” from Gaelic for “bluff” or “cliff” hasEtymologyLanguage Goidelic
subject surface form: Brac
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Connaught hasCulturalHeritage Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Conn hasLinguisticOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
MacQuinn hasLanguageOfOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Conchobhar culturalOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Galatian language hasLexicalSimilarityWith Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Manx people traditionalLanguageFamily Goidelic
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Scanlon hasEtymologicalOrigin Goidelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic