Branch |
Area |
Name of Celtic people |
Language |
Celtic culture |
Example of use |
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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) |
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Around 60,000 Scottish people speak Scottish Gaelic (1%). Today, these are largely confined to the Hebridean Islands. |
Sorley MacLean (Gaelic),Robert Burns (Scots) |
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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. |
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Welsh is spoken by 600,000 people (20% of the population), and Wales is bilingually sign-posted. |
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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. |