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The UK. Nationalities and languages



 

Branch

Area

Name of Celtic people

Language

Celtic culture

Example of use

Gaelic

 

Northern Ireland

Irish,Ulster Scots

Irish,Ulster Scots

Irish is taught in Northern Ireland (where 10% "have some knowledge"). Ulster Scots languageofficially recognised as culturally significant.

Seamus Heaney (Irish),James Fenton (Ulster Scots)

 

Scotland

Scottish

Scottish Gaelic

Around 60,000 Scottish people speak Scottish Gaelic (1%). Today, these are largely confined to the Hebridean Islands.

Sorley MacLean (Gaelic),Robert Burns (Scots)

 

Isle of Man

Manx

Manx

The Isle of Man is a self-governing Crown dependency in the Irish Sea, situated between northern England and Northern Ireland. Although the Manx language is no longer commonly spoken, a hybrid form of Manx English is widely used—which contains many original Manx words.

Thomas Edward Brown

Brythonic

 

Wales

Welsh

Welsh

Welsh is spoken by 600,000 people (20% of the population), and Wales is bilingually sign-posted.

Alan Llwyd

 

Cornwall

Cornish

Cornish

The county of Cornwall is the south-western peninsula-tip of the United Kingdom. The Cornish language and culture has undergone a renaissance in recent years. It is spoken by 3,500 people.

Richard Trevithick


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