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Frances is an Irish teacher in New York City, where she organizes Irish language events called ‘Pop-up Gaeltachts’, referring to the Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking regions of Ireland. Irish is spoken by about 2 million people. It is a Celtic language alongside Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Max, and Breton.
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More from Wikipedia: Irish, also known in English as Gaelic is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish originated on the island of Ireland and was the language of most of the population until the late 18th century. Although English has been the first language of most residents of both island and country since the early 19th century, Irish is spoken as a first language in broad areas of counties Galway, Kerry, Cork, and Donegal, as well as smaller areas of Waterford, Mayo, and Meath. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users outside the education system number around 73,000 and over 1.85 million people across the island claim some ability with the language. Irish was the dominant language of the Irish people for most of their recorded history and they took it with them to other regions, notably Scotland and the Isle of Man, where Middle Irish gave rise to Scottish Gaelic and, blended with Norse tongues, Manx, respectively. It was also spoken for a period in Newfoundland, in what became Canada. With a basic written form dating back to at least the 4th century CE, and written Irish in a Latin script since the 5th century, Irish has the oldest vernacular literature in Western Europe. On the island of Ireland, the language has three major dialects - Munster, Connacht, and Ulster - with distinctions in both speech and orthography. There is also a "standard written form" devised by a parliamentary commission in the 1950s. The distinct Irish alphabet, a variant of the Latin alphabet with 18 letters, has been succeeded by the standard Latin alphabet, albeit with 7-8 letters used primarily in loanwords. Irish has constitutional status as the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland and is an officially recognized minority language in Northern Ireland. It is also among the official languages of the European Union. The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island of Ireland. Irish has no regulatory body but the standard modern written form is guided by a parliamentary service and new vocabulary by a voluntary committee with university input.
Frances is an Irish teacher in New York City, where she organizes Irish language events called ‘Pop-up Gaeltachts’, referring to the Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking regions of Ireland. Irish is spoken by about 2 million people. It is a Celtic language alongside Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Max, and Breton.
Listen to more at wikitongues.org/languages/gle/.
Submit your own video at wikitongues.org/submit-a-video.
More from Wikipedia: Irish, also known in English as Gaelic is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish originated on the island of Ireland and was the language of most of the population until the late 18th century. Although English has been the first language of most residents of both island and country since the early 19th century, Irish is spoken as a first language in broad areas of counties Galway, Kerry, Cork, and Donegal, as well as smaller areas of Waterford, Mayo, and Meath. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users outside the education system number around 73,000 and over 1.85 million people across the island claim some ability with the language. Irish was the dominant language of the Irish people for most of their recorded history and they took it with them to other regions, notably Scotland and the Isle of Man, where Middle Irish gave rise to Scottish Gaelic and, blended with Norse tongues, Manx, respectively. It was also spoken for a period in Newfoundland, in what became Canada. With a basic written form dating back to at least the 4th century CE, and written Irish in a Latin script since the 5th century, Irish has the oldest vernacular literature in Western Europe. On the island of Ireland, the language has three major dialects - Munster, Connacht, and Ulster - with distinctions in both speech and orthography. There is also a "standard written form" devised by a parliamentary commission in the 1950s. The distinct Irish alphabet, a variant of the Latin alphabet with 18 letters, has been succeeded by the standard Latin alphabet, albeit with 7-8 letters used primarily in loanwords. Irish has constitutional status as the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland and is an officially recognized minority language in Northern Ireland. It is also among the official languages of the European Union. The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island of Ireland. Irish has no regulatory body but the standard modern written form is guided by a parliamentary service and new vocabulary by a voluntary committee with university input.
