Scottish Gaelic

American  

[skot-ish gol-ik, gey-lik] / ˈskɒt ɪʃ ˈgɒl ɪk, ˈgeɪ lɪk /

or, often, Scots Gaelic

noun

1. the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia. ScotGael, Scot. Gael.

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Scottish Gaelic British  

noun

1. the Goidelic language of the Celts of Scotland, spoken in the Highlands and Western Isles

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Example Sentences

Donald is a fluent Scottish Gaelic speaker and said he was able to recognise that the ball was related to Irish Gaelic.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

The ceremony also will include female bishops for the first time, as well as hymns and prayers sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, as well as English.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2023

For centuries, Manx — part of the Celtic language family like Irish and Scottish Gaelic — was how people on the island communicated in their everyday lives.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

Yet Scots is formally recognized as one of Scotland’s three official languages, together with English and Scottish Gaelic.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2020

A further peculiarity of Scottish Gaelic is that it substitutes lenes or voiceless mediae for the voiced stops, and even l, r, n sounds show a great tendency to give up the voice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various