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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, the two languages have separate roots. Gaelic is often called Scots Gaelic to distinguish it from Irish, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for that. My family immigrated from Scotland a billion years ago or so, and we were always told they spoke mostly Gaelic. When I look at the language map they were from the Gaelic speaking islands that I now know are part of the Goidelic language family. Scots is in the south and part of the Brittonic language family. I can see more reading ahead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Scots is Germanic. Brittonic is a subfamily of Celtic languages that includes Welsh and Cornish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I am getting dumber by the minute. lol.