Elements of Gaelic GrammarThis grammar of Scots Gaelic, first published in 1896, is based on the earlier work of the Rev. Alexander Stewart, which was one of the first grammars written on the language. Contents include: Pronunciation and orthography Parts of speech Derivation and composition Syntax Current estimates for the number of Scots Gaelic speakers today suggest that it is spoken by between 50,000 to 60,000 individuals primarily in the north of Scotland and in the Western Isles (e.g. Skye, Lewis, Harris). Once the third most spoken language in Canada, after English and French, Scots Gaelic is still spoken in Atlantic Canada on Cape Breton Island by 500-1000 people. Today it is seriously endangered and there are few fluent speakers. |
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Adjective Adverbs agam agus ALFRED NUTT Article athair bàna bàs beag bean bhatar bhean bhuail bhualadh bith bithidh Broad Vowel cause aspiration ceann ceud chaidh chailean cheud chunnaic cinn ciod combination Compound Dative Dentals deug dheug dhomh duine eadar Eclipsis ending English expression fear Feminine Nouns fhichead gach Gaelic Gender Genitive gillean glice Grammar gu'n Indicative Infinitive inflection initial Consonant Interrogative INTERROGATIVE MOOD Irish labhair Labials Liquid Consonants maith MASC Masculine Nouns mhac mheasg modern language MOOD na'm na'n observed old form old language Passive Personal Pronouns phonetic Plur Plural position Prepositional Pronouns righ rinn robh roimhe Scottish Gaelic Second Declension shona sibh signifies Sing sona sound strike struck SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable Tenses termination thainig Third Declension thuit tigh Transitive Verb Triphthongs Verb Vowel word