[Home]Gaelic/Talk

HomePage | Gaelic | Recent Changes | Preferences

Difference (from prior major revision) (minor diff)

Changed: 1c1,5
Are we saying the language groups are p-Celtic and q-Celtic or p-Gaelic and q-Gaelic? I have seen bith on the web. --rmhermen
Are we saying the language groups are p-Celtic and q-Celtic or p-Gaelic and q-Gaelic? I have seen bith on the web. --rmhermen


The correct technical terms are definitely p-Celtic and q-Celtic. Since Gaelic is p-Celtic, there can be no such thing as q-Gaelic. Welsh is definitely not Gaelic but it is q-Celtic. Whereas speakers of Irish and Scots Gaelic will understand each other fairly well, neither of them will understand a Welsh speaker. The languages are as different as English and Dutch, both of which are Germanic languages. -- Derek Ross


Oops! Got my p's and q's the wrong way round. -- Derek Ross

Are we saying the language groups are p-Celtic and q-Celtic or p-Gaelic and q-Gaelic? I have seen bith on the web. --rmhermen
The correct technical terms are definitely p-Celtic and q-Celtic. Since Gaelic is p-Celtic, there can be no such thing as q-Gaelic. Welsh is definitely not Gaelic but it is q-Celtic. Whereas speakers of Irish and Scots Gaelic will understand each other fairly well, neither of them will understand a Welsh speaker. The languages are as different as English and Dutch, both of which are Germanic languages. -- Derek Ross
Oops! Got my p's and q's the wrong way round. -- Derek Ross

HomePage | Gaelic | Recent Changes | Preferences
This page is read-only | View other revisions
Last edited November 15, 2001 10:33 pm by Derek Ross (diff)
Search: