Could you elaborate on the difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic as you described it in the following passage? The relationship between both languages has fascinated me since I learned about them.
When I submitted the initial draft to my advisor, Dr. Ranke de Vries, she notified me that the judges noticed my choice of words for this piece had “quite a few Irishisms”. I worked with one of the judges, Dr. Michael Linkletter, to edit the poem in order to better coincide with Scottish Gaelic poetic customs. The differences were subtle but very informative as I made my way through the piece with an expert on the Gaelic language.
Since my focus has been so narrowed on Scottish Gaelic I can't list out all the differences. In general, they use identical sentence structure but words and phrases meaning the same things will look vastly different. One obvious difference is the use of length marks (accents) over vowels; Scottish Gaelic uses grave accents which go left and Irish uses acute accents which go right. Irish also has a more obvious way of marking the mutation of nasalization (where consonants develop a nasal quality) and will add letters to words that are nasalized (e.g., g- will be added to words that begin with c and are nasalized). Nova Scotian Scottish Gaelic is also slightly different from Scottish Gaelic spoken in Scotland as it retains more archaic customs similar to how Quebec French is more akin to the French spoken in the Colonial Era.
Ethan pointed out some amazing differences! I don't know much Scottish Gaelic but for a good while I studied Irish (though my skills are very rusty). Some very basic sentences in both languages are mutually legible, in a way that English and German are. A couple notable differences between the languages where these:
~ In the 1950's, the Irish language went through a lot of reform and the spelling of words was simplified, whilst Scotch Gaelic has maintained complex letter combinations and pronunciations.
~Scottish Gaelic has more loanwords from Norse and maintained many Anglo-Saxon words that were changed in Irish and English by Norman influence.
~Irish Gaelic has a continuous action verb form, whilst Scotch Gaelic does not.
~Irish has a hard "t" sound that's lessened in Scottish Gaelic.
I'm late to the party since I'm just returning the platform...but I'm blown away by how gorgeous this was! Gaelic sounds so alien and ethereal in comparison to English. Looking forward to the short story. :)
Could you elaborate on the difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic as you described it in the following passage? The relationship between both languages has fascinated me since I learned about them.
When I submitted the initial draft to my advisor, Dr. Ranke de Vries, she notified me that the judges noticed my choice of words for this piece had “quite a few Irishisms”. I worked with one of the judges, Dr. Michael Linkletter, to edit the poem in order to better coincide with Scottish Gaelic poetic customs. The differences were subtle but very informative as I made my way through the piece with an expert on the Gaelic language.
Since my focus has been so narrowed on Scottish Gaelic I can't list out all the differences. In general, they use identical sentence structure but words and phrases meaning the same things will look vastly different. One obvious difference is the use of length marks (accents) over vowels; Scottish Gaelic uses grave accents which go left and Irish uses acute accents which go right. Irish also has a more obvious way of marking the mutation of nasalization (where consonants develop a nasal quality) and will add letters to words that are nasalized (e.g., g- will be added to words that begin with c and are nasalized). Nova Scotian Scottish Gaelic is also slightly different from Scottish Gaelic spoken in Scotland as it retains more archaic customs similar to how Quebec French is more akin to the French spoken in the Colonial Era.
Ethan pointed out some amazing differences! I don't know much Scottish Gaelic but for a good while I studied Irish (though my skills are very rusty). Some very basic sentences in both languages are mutually legible, in a way that English and German are. A couple notable differences between the languages where these:
~ In the 1950's, the Irish language went through a lot of reform and the spelling of words was simplified, whilst Scotch Gaelic has maintained complex letter combinations and pronunciations.
~Scottish Gaelic has more loanwords from Norse and maintained many Anglo-Saxon words that were changed in Irish and English by Norman influence.
~Irish Gaelic has a continuous action verb form, whilst Scotch Gaelic does not.
~Irish has a hard "t" sound that's lessened in Scottish Gaelic.
Can’t wait to read the rest of May’s end of the month short story. It already has my attention!
I'm late to the party since I'm just returning the platform...but I'm blown away by how gorgeous this was! Gaelic sounds so alien and ethereal in comparison to English. Looking forward to the short story. :)