RE: Linguistic precedence

From: Michael Everson (everson@egt.ie)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 09:06:49 EDT


Ar 03:55 -0800 2000-06-16, scríobh Séamas Ó Brógáin:
>Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>
> ... the Irish Gaelic version of "REPUBLIC OF ITALY" has a
> lowercase "h" although it is all capitals.
>
>The name of this language is "Irish"; there is no such thing as "Irish
>Gaelic".

Ní hea, a Shéamais.

"Gaeilge na hÉireann" is Irish Gaelic
"Gàidhlig na h-Alba" is Scottish Gaelic
"Gaelg Vanninn" is Manx Gaelic.

The first and third of these are often called just Irish and Manx, but it
is certainly not incorrect to use the term "Irish Gaelic". All three of
these languages are Gaelic, .i. Gaelach.

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