Anyone who is currently sad about the Gaelic language dying - there is a Duolingo course for Gaelic! Do your part and save this beautiful language from death :)
Another Scott here, currently learning it on Duolingo app for free. I was so happy when I heard they added it since the first time I checked ages ago it wasn’t there. Best of luck, a charaid :)
Sad to see that such a beautiful language is dying out :( same goes for Irish, Frisian and many more. I am currently learning Irish because of my heritage. I beg you Scots, please save this beautiful language!
We're not disrespectful to it....we just don't get taught it in school or high school like people from the west or the highlands do. And it has been like that for years, before the 1900's. In high school we get taught either French or German and we don't have a choice. I would have rather leant scots gaelic.But lets also not forget this lands true language was pictish, which was lost in time centuries ago.
excuse me, who told you that West Frisian is dying out? Because, excuse me, but that is total bullshit. Yes, it's true that northern Frisian dialects will soon probably turn extinct, but that doesn't mean that now the whole lot won't be there.
My parents used to join hands and pound the table when they heard this tune, they heard it in their youth when the Gaelic speakers used to gather together and join hands and sing, in the kitchens of Cape Breton
I may be Asian, but there's just something about the music of Scotland and Ireland that made me feel welcome in their cultures. That's why I've been thinking of learning more about Celtic culture.
I am learning Scottish Gaelic. I first heard it as a child and vowed that someday I would learn it due to my Highland ancestry. The sound of Gaelic speaks to my soul.
Just for anyone who doesn't already know, these style of songs are called Scottish WAULKING songs. Any outlander fans who liked the bit where she joined all the women working the cloth in the 'Rent' eppisode. Theres a lot of hí rí hú ó iú oró etc.! I love them meself
Thank you so much, I thought that this kind of style of Celtic songs were from this band, Tannas. I'm new to Celtic music and I've been trying to find this kid of songs. Appreciated.
@@brendagagnon8589you made my day Brenda, from an OzScot. 🇦🇺 ❤️ originally of NW Highlands I hope you do "Scottish Gàidhlig with Jason" Gàidhlig scholar from Maine. A legend and a natural teacher. Combined with BBC Little By Little superb lessons by native speakers
I’m Greek and I love this.. much of the ancient languages are dying out or have died out and just hearing this makes me want to cry out for them to come back.. Now I wanna go visit Scotland and just hear this and ride the Highlands on horseback or go by foot..
I felt that T^T Hey but your culture is just as amazing too! I love everything about ancient greece and the language too. I wish to visit your country too. ♡
My 100% Greek mother was fascinated by all things Celtic and ended up studying the history, the language, the culture - all of it. It either speaks to your soul... or it doesn't.
Theres something about this language and music that transcends. Something ancient and from the earth, in the soul of the earth itself. If we only knew the full extent of the magic we Celts actually possess.
As someone trying to learn both Scottish and Irish Gaelic, I must say thank you so much for putting up these videos! I find that it's good practice for grammar and pronunciation to learn and sing songs, plus it's fun :)! I don't know how I have not seen your channel before, but I'm so glad I found it!
I've once heard an opinion that songs aren't good as examples when you learn its language. But if it helps you, then it's only better. I personally would like to know any celtic language, but it's really hard in my country to find such school or even courses, so I wish you good luck.
Maith thú ar son na Gaeilge! Well done on the Gaelic! Another great help is listen to the radio online... Believe or not it works, it sinks in after a while.. how does a baby or young child learn www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw57d Scottish Gaelic (éist means listen) www.rte.ie/rnag/ Irish Gaelic (éist anois means listen now)
That are some wonderful free online courses and even channels on RU-vid with excellent lessons! I personally find the spelling of the Goidelics frightening but I try and learn the Brythonic languages whenever I get the time (and even though I bought books which were once tapes and later cds, we can get sound files on the web as well). If I ever manage to make progress enough with the Brythonics and some other languages I try and learn, I will consider including the Goidelics too, cause I´ve been a staunch lover of Celtic cultures for decades.
This language is a Diamond in the rock. I appreciate to learn it, in all in subitility (subtilité)... Sorry for my English. I am French Canadian. J'adore les langues Gaéliques, les langues de mes ancêtres. :)
As an Egyptian I am quite jealous of what you have done and I hope Egyptians understand the importance of such ancient language and heritage. Hopefully, they can retrieve their language like you، Celts. Greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬🇪🇬 ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ, ̀ⲛϧⲏⲧ⸗ Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ 🇪🇬🇪🇬
@@stevenwood2436 Goodluck mate! You could also learn Coptic online which can expedite your learning process and would definitely give you a broad understanding of the the Egyptian language and its evolution over the past 7000 years. I hope one day you could come to Egypt and fullfill your Dream 🇪🇬❤️ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
@@user-we5tx5tj8m thank you it's going to take me a while because as you probably know the hieroglyphics don't use vowels so its that and the linking them to the pictures and what they mean
I can’t explain why, but listening to the Gaelic songs is very calming to me, and gives me some kind of deep, emotional reaction. Perhaps I was one of those women in a former life 😊❤️🏴
Duolingo has Scottish Gaelic lessons I know many people have been fluent with it the only problem is someone being lazy and not doing there lessons for the language.
God I wish they would teach us our own god damn language in school. Like french and Spanish are fab languages and very helpful, but this is our own language (Scots Gaelic) and we aren’t even taught it. A kid once got told of in English for using a tad of Scots. And I’ve practically lost my accent due to the sh*t English lessons. Sorry for that little rant wanted to get it of my chest.. amazing music
@@mera-mori Firstly easy on the taking of the Lords name in vain! 😜🫣😖👌🏼 Secondly, I am not sure why they choice to not teach Gaelic in the Schools! I am a fourth generation American but my great Granny moved to America fro Scotland. And I have Highland blood on my dads side too. And I married a descendent of the steward family. And I am pissed even in American schools we did not have access to our ancestral language. I tried to learn several languages in high school and college. All fails! But I just recently started learning Gaelic. And it come so naturally to me! So don’t be too angry, and maybe try and learn now!👌🏼🥰🤙🏼🏴🇺🇸
I am almost 58yr old, my grandfather could speak a dialect of it because of my great grandfather, but his wife,my grandmother and society told him it was toirmisgte. He only spoke it when he was pissed or somewhat inebriated or both. He was a good man so I'm trying to honor him by trying to learn it, even though I know some of the words and phrases are different than what he spoke? 'Ciamar a tha thu? Tha mi ceart gu Leo'r, is mise Tom.
I hope that with the online world the language can get more popular and that the young generation pick it up. Such a beautiful language full of culture, tradition, history. Save it!
Unfortunately it takes a long while to learn. For most people it can take as long as 3-4 years to fully master it. I’m English but I’d really like to learn this lovely language one day
So glad I learned Gaelic (I was born in Scotland but I moved when I was young but I decided to learn Gaelic just after I could speak English and that’s what I did)
My grandfather is a McNeill from Barra, an island on the west coast of Scotland in the Outer Hebrides. His family spoke Gaelic though he seldom spoke of his life before he moved to New Zealand
Personally i want to learn this beautiful language. Me and my family have been in scotland for generations and i was braught up with so many Scottish traditions.
@@Totallynotredtail There's plenty of online resources, I reccommend the Irish Duolingo course and channels "Learn Irish" and "Gaeilge i mo chroí" (which means Irish in my heart) to fill in the gaps.
I am Greek, and i see many people from other countries commenting on videos of ancient Greece, that they like that language etc... meanwhile here I am, completely mesmerized by this exotic to me language. Cheers and keep those languages alive, this is cultural legacy and people with roots from this heritage should carry this on.
I was born in Germany, my parents are turkish, my descendants are from Iran and what I actually wanted to say is: I LOVE IRELAND and SCOTLAND ❤️🙏🏽 ALBA agus ÉIRE✨
Tá sé iontach is aoibhinn leat ár náisiúin! Má ba mhaith leat fíos conas a deir tú "I love Ireland and Scotland" as Gaelainn tá sé *Is aoibhinn liom Alban agus Éire*. Translation: It is great that you love our nations! If you would like to know how to say "I love Ireland and Scotland" in Irish it is *Is aoibhinn liom Alban agus Éire*
I love listening to songs in Scottish Gaelic because I’m fluent in Irish and I love to find words that are the same in both languages because they are similar
I have Basque because of my last name (Baskerville). And my older sister once told me that the Basques are genetically identical to the Welsh and Irish. ❤ respect and love to all my Celtic brothers and sisters out there ❤❤
Keep the Gaelic language alive... it is a very very beautiful language. There are no words to describe it properly...the music as well.. may it be preserved.
I'm asian, but when I was a small kid, around 5 or 6, I would dream about a woman and a baby, and the woman was singing in a language like this. The only words that I remember were the last two which she sung, "Ma~~~~mi~~~"
I have different kinds of blood lines and these kinds of songs really speaks to my soul. And also Jewish, Irish, Cherokee native American, and Spanish, and Viking songs 😁😁😊😊😊😊
What I love about this music is how it speaks to peoples souls and brings so many people together. Honestly just scrolling through these comments and seen how many other people enjoy music like this has brightened my day, I love all of you :0)
I’m part Scottish (predominantly Welsh) as well (don’t know which side of the family it’s from I’m adopted) but I’m from America may I also become an honorary Scot?
I'm half scottish, I know very little of scotland and my mother migrated to England when she was very young, I didn't get to know my grandparents on her side they died before I could form a sentence and yet somehow this music.. it speaks to me, warms my soul. It calls me to explore scotland and shine light on the dark side of my heritage.
I'm Italian and I think that this language is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard. Better than English, if I must be honest. It feels like it is sung by some beautiful creature from a fantasy tale, like the Elves in LOTR. Tolkien was inspired by Gaelic, if I'm not wrong.
Yes, indeed. Irish and Scottish Gaelic are very musical languages and do lend themselves to music quite nicely. There is an old form of vocal music known as Sean Nos (shen nohs) in which the voice is used to add the ornamentation in sung songs that would be otherwise added in instrumental accompaniment. It is quite beautiful with it's lilts and trills that are so appealing in Celtic music. Check out Sean Nòs Singing video here on RU-vid.
Thank you for all these beautiful videos... I love the celtic/gaelic culture so much, and thanks to you i can enjoy this collection of incredibly beautiful traditional folk songs 🍀 kisses from BRAZIL!
As a mexican, listen to this kind of music feels magical, because we really aren't used to hear this languages (scottish, irish) nor this type of instruments of rhythms, and let me tell you I've fallen in love with this! Everything stared with Céltic Woman and it just got better from there
It has been said that Celtic music can make you you homesick for places you've never been and proud of an ancestry that you don't have. I am Scots-Irish, and so I have the ancestry and the connection, but I know exactly what is meant by this statement.
I'm so exited to learn this. Its such a pretty language. I refuse my English blood, and become one with my Scottish roots. I want my race back to the beauty it once was at!
I'm American... But holy crap, this is awesome. The song itself is great, and the language... It's so familiar but also so unknown... Like a distant cousin I've never met.
each celtic nation has its own lol, this is gàidhlig, scotland’s celtic language, ireland has gaeilge, isle of man has gaelg, wales has cymru, cornwall has kernewek and brittany has brezhoneg, my first language is gàidhlig (scottish gaelic)
I'm not Scottish or anything close to it 😶 but when i listen to this kind of music i have this feeling like I'm home ,the music the language everything is beautiful it bring peace to me when I want to stop overthinking or when i just want to take a little break from reality, and the feeling i have when I'm painting or drawing while listening to this kind of music,i just love it , it's like it make everything go silence,and put me in my painting or drawing world 💜🥰
I love listening to songs like these (mostly folk songs of Gaelic, German, and Nordic). Even when I don't know what they are singing, I still am entranced and use these songs for writing stories and my book series.
As someone who has just recently discovered his true Scottish ancestry this makes me incredibly proud to have such a rich history behind me, even if I’ve lived in England all my life, I’m not too far south and I’ll soon be returning to the land of my forefathers
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 Born in Liverpool and lived here all my life mate, doubt I’m 3% when my Great Grandad moved down to Merseyside after the war, didn’t realise you knew me personally. Good try to belittle me though……
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 Hahaha it’s alright to be wrong mate, again nice try though, A real Irish Republican? So should I call you a hypocrite now or? As it sounds like with a name like that your the same type of person you’ve accused me of being, just screams, American who found out they’re a 1/4 Irish. At least I live on the same land mass my family’s from, have you even seen Ireland?
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 you taking about yourself again? Bit rude if you ask me, I thought we were having a two way conversation, also your use of the term “ Plastic Paddy” towards someone such as myself with a Scottish back ground tells me more than you know about where your from and your knowledge of cultures, I can practically smell the yank on you. Anyway if you do ever make it over to Ireland, I hope you enjoy it, although be warned their a lot better at sniffing out fake Mick’s than me hahah.
@@shulamitmavet156 I traveled up to Glasgow and from there spent the best part of 8 months travelling all around the country before returning back to England, I’ve got plans to return for good a little later in life but for now work and life in England is restricting that given the cost of living crisis we’re facing. One day though!
Right now I'm working on learning some Welsh, but Gaelic will be next on my list of languages to learn and learn about! Thank you for sharing your beautiful music and language, it is deeply enjoyed!
Gaelic is a wonderful language! It should be preserved! I do not understand it, but it sounds beautiful to my ears and it gladdens my heart! Love from Dresden! ❤😎
I'm American and I have never been outside the United States. I would LOVE to visit Ireland and Scotland and any country that speaks Gaelic. It is such a beautiful language and listening to these songs makes it feel familiar. ❤️
@@Nozylatten love to see it! I have some scottish ancestry (about 1/4 to 1/3) and was born Canadian. In my family tree is Stuart, and Glasgow 2 generations back.
i wish i was there, soooooooooo beautiful all of language and landscape, i tried to learn, but soo difficult, got the books, but soooo difficult, but sooooooo beautiful
So, quite a few of my ancestors came from North Uist and the Barra Islands. They were Highlanders. This history was not lost, but buried after my grandmother was. That is why I'm here and I certainly don't regret it.
laxmi tanwar Scottish and Irish History is 10k plus years old our kingdom was one of the strongest before the Roman Empire, they drew us back and we defended our Island home since then. But I am happy you like our culture.
I'm from Finland and I am only 1,6% Irish, Scottish and Welsh. I just came here randomly to see what language do they speak. XD I like this. Update: My sis found from back to 1285 a person who was born in Scotland. Hemming Teit De Pirn. Please can you look up this person, idk is it correct information. We dont have anyone whos Scottish so this can be wrong information. There's two people called: Teit af Perna. (Same place as the Mrs but was born about 1330.) Mrs Teit af Perna. (Mrs was born in Scotland pirn, stow, Midlothian maybe about 1234)
No soy escosesa pero me encanta toda esta hermosa cultura y este idioma me resulta muy llamativo y me encantaría aprenderlo ya que tengo mucha fascinación por los celtas y demás ❤❤❤❤