Another Scott here, currently learning it on Duolingo app for free. I was so happy when I heard they added it since the first time I checked ages ago it wasn’t there. Best of luck, a charaid :)
Anyone who is currently sad about the Gaelic language dying - there is a Duolingo course for Gaelic! Do your part and save this beautiful language from death :)
My parents used to join hands and pound the table when they heard this tune, they heard it in their youth when the Gaelic speakers used to gather together and join hands and sing, in the kitchens of Cape Breton
Sad to see that such a beautiful language is dying out :( same goes for Irish, Frisian and many more. I am currently learning Irish because of my heritage. I beg you Scots, please save this beautiful language!
We're not disrespectful to it....we just don't get taught it in school or high school like people from the west or the highlands do. And it has been like that for years, before the 1900's. In high school we get taught either French or German and we don't have a choice. I would have rather leant scots gaelic.But lets also not forget this lands true language was pictish, which was lost in time centuries ago.
excuse me, who told you that West Frisian is dying out? Because, excuse me, but that is total bullshit. Yes, it's true that northern Frisian dialects will soon probably turn extinct, but that doesn't mean that now the whole lot won't be there.
I am learning Scottish Gaelic. I first heard it as a child and vowed that someday I would learn it due to my Highland ancestry. The sound of Gaelic speaks to my soul.
I may be Asian, but there's just something about the music of Scotland and Ireland that made me feel welcome in their cultures. That's why I've been thinking of learning more about Celtic culture.
I’m Greek and I love this.. much of the ancient languages are dying out or have died out and just hearing this makes me want to cry out for them to come back.. Now I wanna go visit Scotland and just hear this and ride the Highlands on horseback or go by foot..
I felt that T^T Hey but your culture is just as amazing too! I love everything about ancient greece and the language too. I wish to visit your country too. ♡
My 100% Greek mother was fascinated by all things Celtic and ended up studying the history, the language, the culture - all of it. It either speaks to your soul... or it doesn't.
Just for anyone who doesn't already know, these style of songs are called Scottish WAULKING songs. Any outlander fans who liked the bit where she joined all the women working the cloth in the 'Rent' eppisode. Theres a lot of hí rí hú ó iú oró etc.! I love them meself
Theres something about this language and music that transcends. Something ancient and from the earth, in the soul of the earth itself. If we only knew the full extent of the magic we Celts actually possess.
I can’t explain why, but listening to the Gaelic songs is very calming to me, and gives me some kind of deep, emotional reaction. Perhaps I was one of those women in a former life 😊❤️🏴
My grandfather is a McNeill from Barra, an island on the west coast of Scotland in the Outer Hebrides. His family spoke Gaelic though he seldom spoke of his life before he moved to New Zealand
So glad I learned Gaelic (I was born in Scotland but I moved when I was young but I decided to learn Gaelic just after I could speak English and that’s what I did)
This language is a Diamond in the rock. I appreciate to learn it, in all in subitility (subtilité)... Sorry for my English. I am French Canadian. J'adore les langues Gaéliques, les langues de mes ancêtres. :)
I hope that with the online world the language can get more popular and that the young generation pick it up. Such a beautiful language full of culture, tradition, history. Save it!
Unfortunately it takes a long while to learn. For most people it can take as long as 3-4 years to fully master it. I’m English but I’d really like to learn this lovely language one day
As an Egyptian I am quite jealous of what you have done and I hope Egyptians understand the importance of such ancient language and heritage. Hopefully, they can retrieve their language like you، Celts. Greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬🇪🇬 ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ, ̀ⲛϧⲏⲧ⸗ Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ 🇪🇬🇪🇬
@@stevenwood2436 Goodluck mate! You could also learn Coptic online which can expedite your learning process and would definitely give you a broad understanding of the the Egyptian language and its evolution over the past 7000 years. I hope one day you could come to Egypt and fullfill your Dream 🇪🇬❤️ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
@@user-we5tx5tj8m thank you it's going to take me a while because as you probably know the hieroglyphics don't use vowels so its that and the linking them to the pictures and what they mean
God I wish they would teach us our own god damn language in school. Like french and Spanish are fab languages and very helpful, but this is our own language (Scots Gaelic) and we aren’t even taught it. A kid once got told of in English for using a tad of Scots. And I’ve practically lost my accent due to the sh*t English lessons. Sorry for that little rant wanted to get it of my chest.. amazing music
@@PuffaJacket Firstly easy on the taking of the Lords name in vain! 😜🫣😖👌🏼 Secondly, I am not sure why they choice to not teach Gaelic in the Schools! I am a fourth generation American but my great Granny moved to America fro Scotland. And I have Highland blood on my dads side too. And I married a descendent of the steward family. And I am pissed even in American schools we did not have access to our ancestral language. I tried to learn several languages in high school and college. All fails! But I just recently started learning Gaelic. And it come so naturally to me! So don’t be too angry, and maybe try and learn now!👌🏼🥰🤙🏼🏴🇺🇸
I am almost 58yr old, my grandfather could speak a dialect of it because of my great grandfather, but his wife,my grandmother and society told him it was toirmisgte. He only spoke it when he was pissed or somewhat inebriated or both. He was a good man so I'm trying to honor him by trying to learn it, even though I know some of the words and phrases are different than what he spoke? 'Ciamar a tha thu? Tha mi ceart gu Leo'r, is mise Tom.
As someone trying to learn both Scottish and Irish Gaelic, I must say thank you so much for putting up these videos! I find that it's good practice for grammar and pronunciation to learn and sing songs, plus it's fun :)! I don't know how I have not seen your channel before, but I'm so glad I found it!
I've once heard an opinion that songs aren't good as examples when you learn its language. But if it helps you, then it's only better. I personally would like to know any celtic language, but it's really hard in my country to find such school or even courses, so I wish you good luck.
Maith thú ar son na Gaeilge! Well done on the Gaelic! Another great help is listen to the radio online... Believe or not it works, it sinks in after a while.. how does a baby or young child learn www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw57d Scottish Gaelic (éist means listen) www.rte.ie/rnag/ Irish Gaelic (éist anois means listen now)
That are some wonderful free online courses and even channels on RUclips with excellent lessons! I personally find the spelling of the Goidelics frightening but I try and learn the Brythonic languages whenever I get the time (and even though I bought books which were once tapes and later cds, we can get sound files on the web as well). If I ever manage to make progress enough with the Brythonics and some other languages I try and learn, I will consider including the Goidelics too, cause I´ve been a staunch lover of Celtic cultures for decades.
Duolingo has Scottish Gaelic lessons I know many people have been fluent with it the only problem is someone being lazy and not doing there lessons for the language.
Fun fact: Old Scots (not Scots Gaelic but like very old Scots) is said to be German or German sounding, it may not be that useful but the more ya know!
@@migittank6759 Something I also find interesting is how the Scottish word for “to know“ is “ken“, and a form of “to know“ in German is “kennen“. Which is weird, considering that the Anglo-Saxons (the English) came from the Saxons and that the Scots kept their distance towards them, calling them “Sassenach“ to distinct them as “not like us“. The Scots are celtic, not Germanic, and yet our languages (except for gaelic) are so similar in pronunciation and thinking, it's easy to learn the Scottish accent for me. The way Scots say “Sasse(nach)“ from the word “Saxon“ is the same way we say “Osse/Ossi“ to refer to people from the German east (Ost).
@@migittank6759 In Germany there is also a place called “Sassenberg“ which could have been “Saxenberg“ (Saxon mountain/mountain of Saxons), this way of pronouncing 'formal' or 'official' words in a careless dialect is pretty common where I'm from.
@@migittank6759 Very old Scots is Irish and has very few words that are similar to German. Both are very distantly related. Present day Irish "Ríocht" for instance means kingdom, In German it's "Reich" of course. There's many more related words from Latin, one obvious one being "Athair" from the Latin "Pater". Irish didn't like using "p" in general which Welsh did. Scots Gaelic is a beautiful language and I hope you keep it going. Even though I live in the South of Ireland, occasionally I'll look at BBC Alba. I can understand a fair bit of it and there's some Irish language content on it sometimes as well...
Personally i want to learn this beautiful language. Me and my family have been in scotland for generations and i was braught up with so many Scottish traditions.
@@Totallynotredtail There's plenty of online resources, I reccommend the Irish Duolingo course and channels "Learn Irish" and "Gaeilge i mo chroí" (which means Irish in my heart) to fill in the gaps.
Keep the Gaelic language alive... it is a very very beautiful language. There are no words to describe it properly...the music as well.. may it be preserved.
I am Greek, and i see many people from other countries commenting on videos of ancient Greece, that they like that language etc... meanwhile here I am, completely mesmerized by this exotic to me language. Cheers and keep those languages alive, this is cultural legacy and people with roots from this heritage should carry this on.
What I love about this music is how it speaks to peoples souls and brings so many people together. Honestly just scrolling through these comments and seen how many other people enjoy music like this has brightened my day, I love all of you :0)
I have different kinds of blood lines and these kinds of songs really speaks to my soul. And also Jewish, Irish, Cherokee native American, and Spanish, and Viking songs 😁😁😊😊😊😊
As a mexican, listen to this kind of music feels magical, because we really aren't used to hear this languages (scottish, irish) nor this type of instruments of rhythms, and let me tell you I've fallen in love with this! Everything stared with Céltic Woman and it just got better from there
It has been said that Celtic music can make you you homesick for places you've never been and proud of an ancestry that you don't have. I am Scots-Irish, and so I have the ancestry and the connection, but I know exactly what is meant by this statement.
I’m part Scottish (predominantly Welsh) as well (don’t know which side of the family it’s from I’m adopted) but I’m from America may I also become an honorary Scot?
I have Basque because of my last name (Baskerville). And my older sister once told me that the Basques are genetically identical to the Welsh and Irish. ❤ respect and love to all my Celtic brothers and sisters out there ❤❤
I'm half scottish, I know very little of scotland and my mother migrated to England when she was very young, I didn't get to know my grandparents on her side they died before I could form a sentence and yet somehow this music.. it speaks to me, warms my soul. It calls me to explore scotland and shine light on the dark side of my heritage.
I love listening to songs in Scottish Gaelic because I’m fluent in Irish and I love to find words that are the same in both languages because they are similar
I was born in Germany, my parents are turkish, my descendants are from Iran and what I actually wanted to say is: I LOVE IRELAND and SCOTLAND ❤️🙏🏽 ALBA agus ÉIRE✨
Tá sé iontach is aoibhinn leat ár náisiúin! Má ba mhaith leat fíos conas a deir tú "I love Ireland and Scotland" as Gaelainn tá sé *Is aoibhinn liom Alban agus Éire*. Translation: It is great that you love our nations! If you would like to know how to say "I love Ireland and Scotland" in Irish it is *Is aoibhinn liom Alban agus Éire*
each celtic nation has its own lol, this is gàidhlig, scotland’s celtic language, ireland has gaeilge, isle of man has gaelg, wales has cymru, cornwall has kernewek and brittany has brezhoneg, my first language is gàidhlig (scottish gaelic)
I'm asian, but when I was a small kid, around 5 or 6, I would dream about a woman and a baby, and the woman was singing in a language like this. The only words that I remember were the last two which she sung, "Ma~~~~mi~~~"
Gaelic is a wonderful language! It should be preserved! I do not understand it, but it sounds beautiful to my ears and it gladdens my heart! Love from Dresden! ❤😎
I'm not Scottish or anything close to it 😶 but when i listen to this kind of music i have this feeling like I'm home ,the music the language everything is beautiful it bring peace to me when I want to stop overthinking or when i just want to take a little break from reality, and the feeling i have when I'm painting or drawing while listening to this kind of music,i just love it , it's like it make everything go silence,and put me in my painting or drawing world 💜🥰
I'm Italian and I think that this language is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard. Better than English, if I must be honest. It feels like it is sung by some beautiful creature from a fantasy tale, like the Elves in LOTR. Tolkien was inspired by Gaelic, if I'm not wrong.
Yes, indeed. Irish and Scottish Gaelic are very musical languages and do lend themselves to music quite nicely. There is an old form of vocal music known as Sean Nos (shen nohs) in which the voice is used to add the ornamentation in sung songs that would be otherwise added in instrumental accompaniment. It is quite beautiful with it's lilts and trills that are so appealing in Celtic music. Check out Sean Nòs Singing video here on RUclips.
I'm so exited to learn this. Its such a pretty language. I refuse my English blood, and become one with my Scottish roots. I want my race back to the beauty it once was at!
Thank you for all these beautiful videos... I love the celtic/gaelic culture so much, and thanks to you i can enjoy this collection of incredibly beautiful traditional folk songs 🍀 kisses from BRAZIL!
I'm American... But holy crap, this is awesome. The song itself is great, and the language... It's so familiar but also so unknown... Like a distant cousin I've never met.
I love listening to songs like these (mostly folk songs of Gaelic, German, and Nordic). Even when I don't know what they are singing, I still am entranced and use these songs for writing stories and my book series.
As someone who has just recently discovered his true Scottish ancestry this makes me incredibly proud to have such a rich history behind me, even if I’ve lived in England all my life, I’m not too far south and I’ll soon be returning to the land of my forefathers
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 Born in Liverpool and lived here all my life mate, doubt I’m 3% when my Great Grandad moved down to Merseyside after the war, didn’t realise you knew me personally. Good try to belittle me though……
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 Hahaha it’s alright to be wrong mate, again nice try though, A real Irish Republican? So should I call you a hypocrite now or? As it sounds like with a name like that your the same type of person you’ve accused me of being, just screams, American who found out they’re a 1/4 Irish. At least I live on the same land mass my family’s from, have you even seen Ireland?
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 you taking about yourself again? Bit rude if you ask me, I thought we were having a two way conversation, also your use of the term “ Plastic Paddy” towards someone such as myself with a Scottish back ground tells me more than you know about where your from and your knowledge of cultures, I can practically smell the yank on you. Anyway if you do ever make it over to Ireland, I hope you enjoy it, although be warned their a lot better at sniffing out fake Mick’s than me hahah.
@@shulamitmavet156 I traveled up to Glasgow and from there spent the best part of 8 months travelling all around the country before returning back to England, I’ve got plans to return for good a little later in life but for now work and life in England is restricting that given the cost of living crisis we’re facing. One day though!
So, quite a few of my ancestors came from North Uist and the Barra Islands. They were Highlanders. This history was not lost, but buried after my grandmother was. That is why I'm here and I certainly don't regret it.
No soy escosesa pero me encanta toda esta hermosa cultura y este idioma me resulta muy llamativo y me encantaría aprenderlo ya que tengo mucha fascinación por los celtas y demás ❤❤❤❤
Right now I'm working on learning some Welsh, but Gaelic will be next on my list of languages to learn and learn about! Thank you for sharing your beautiful music and language, it is deeply enjoyed!
I'm American and I have never been outside the United States. I would LOVE to visit Ireland and Scotland and any country that speaks Gaelic. It is such a beautiful language and listening to these songs makes it feel familiar. ❤️
@@Nozylatten love to see it! I have some scottish ancestry (about 1/4 to 1/3) and was born Canadian. In my family tree is Stuart, and Glasgow 2 generations back.
Кино
Anyone else a Scottish person sadly listening to this and wondering why we couldn’t have learned our own beautiful language amongst english..
Not to late! You can always learn something new
Ye could always take yer lessons, especially now there doin online an stuff
Duolingo is your friend
There is also a great community on Facebook to help you learn Scottish Gaelic
Another Scott here, currently learning it on Duolingo app for free. I was so happy when I heard they added it since the first time I checked ages ago it wasn’t there. Best of luck, a charaid :)
I'm currently learning we can't give up
Anyone who is currently sad about the Gaelic language dying - there is a Duolingo course for Gaelic! Do your part and save this beautiful language from death :)
i plan to learn (im 14 by the way) and hopefully one day be fluent and teach my children if we still have a planet by then of course
I'm at 300 days of Duolingo Gaelic!
Thanks for the information. Will do.
Shame only 1% of Scotland can speak it
Is there a Scottish Gaelic? Irish Gaelic is dying out too, but - it's doing better than Scottish
God Bless Scotland. Love from California. May this beautiful language never die out
I read somewhere a while back that gaelic maybe considered a dying/dead language by 2050. Made me start learning it.
@@paulreynolds8632 That’s wonderful!
My parents used to join hands and pound the table when they heard this tune, they heard it in their youth when the Gaelic speakers used to gather together and join hands and sing, in the kitchens of Cape Breton
Do tell more, I’m intrigued
Me to I'm intrigued as well
It's a waulking song. The rhythm of pounding the table was what people used to waulk cloth. It is a work song.
@@Balor1 what type of cloth? flax?
Alice Wilde wool into tweeds usually, I believe they still do with Harris Tweeds
Sad to see that such a beautiful language is dying out :( same goes for Irish, Frisian and many more. I am currently learning Irish because of my heritage. I beg you Scots, please save this beautiful language!
OpiumToday just back from a long weekend in Lewis and Harris all Islanders still speaking Gaelic and singing in Gaelic fantastic
OpiumToday The East coast of Scotland are so disrespectful to the Gaelic language. It’s still very much alive in the West though
We're not disrespectful to it....we just don't get taught it in school or high school like people from the west or the highlands do. And it has been like that for years, before the 1900's. In high school we get taught either French or German and we don't have a choice. I would have rather leant scots gaelic.But lets also not forget this lands true language was pictish, which was lost in time centuries ago.
excuse me, who told you that West Frisian is dying out? Because, excuse me, but that is total bullshit. Yes, it's true that northern Frisian dialects will soon probably turn extinct, but that doesn't mean that now the whole lot won't be there.
Faroese and Breton are one breath of fading away.
I am learning Scottish Gaelic. I first heard it as a child and vowed that someday I would learn it due to my Highland ancestry. The sound of Gaelic speaks to my soul.
it literally grips my soul as well..my dad's people are from Scotland...Cash
Im Irish - ill sing this song in Edinburgh next year when im over! Scotland needs to wake!!
Fiona MacVane How is your Gaelic learning going? I am trying to learn myself. My family ancestry, is from the Highlands as well!
I want to do the same thing!
@@chyennewhisman7166 You should! A lot of folks are learning on Duolingo!
I may be Asian, but there's just something about the music of Scotland and Ireland that made me feel welcome in their cultures. That's why I've been thinking of learning more about Celtic culture.
you are so welcome to learn, appreciate and maybe even visit one day!
Same
Same bro
same
Beautiful. Good luck on your journey!
I’m Greek and I love this.. much of the ancient languages are dying out or have died out and just hearing this makes me want to cry out for them to come back.. Now I wanna go visit Scotland and just hear this and ride the Highlands on horseback or go by foot..
I felt that T^T Hey but your culture is just as amazing too! I love everything about ancient greece and the language too. I wish to visit your country too. ♡
Γεια!! Είμαι από την Σκωτία και μαθαίνω Ελληνικά! Αυτές είναι πολύ όμορφες γλώσσες!
@@iainturpie4269 Γεια! Η Ελληνικα σου ειναι καλα και το γλωσσα σου ειναι ομορφες.
Ciamar a tha sibh?
My 100% Greek mother was fascinated by all things Celtic and ended up studying the history, the language, the culture - all of it. It either speaks to your soul... or it doesn't.
i'm learning greek on doulingo (as well as a few others) but they revamped the homepage and now i can't figure out how to work the thing :-,|
Just for anyone who doesn't already know, these style of songs are called Scottish WAULKING songs. Any outlander fans who liked the bit where she joined all the women working the cloth in the 'Rent' eppisode. Theres a lot of hí rí hú ó iú oró etc.! I love them meself
I love these songs too!
If you want to hear more and see our Inverclyde Waulking Group actually waulking tweed, search for 'Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchluaidh'
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@@Douglas8244 Br?
@@andronikusable sim haha o/
I'm Dutch and strictly following Gaelic Duolingo classes because it's just too beautiful to let it die 🧡
Ik ook!😊
An bhfuil féidir leat Gaeilge a labhairt fós? Agus grá mór ar na h-Ísiltir ó Mhéiriceá!
I'm Jamaican and I love this. I'd pay for music like this.
Theres something about this language and music that transcends. Something ancient and from the earth, in the soul of the earth itself. If we only knew the full extent of the magic we Celts actually possess.
@Cameron Giroux your excused
@@pnpdynamic9720 I applaud you sir for that absolute power move of a reply. Well done
Well it was an ancient language when Latin was being spoken commonly
With you on that! 🙂
Hellas Forever Athena Promochos 🇬🇷
I’m Black but I love the free spirited nature of Gaelic folk songs
I wholeheartedly agree with you!
Scotland is one of the most beautiful places in the world and the people in it are so welcoming.
I'm from Australia but my blood is Scottish and this music makes me feel at peace makes me feel at home
Same here man! But unfortunately I'm based in Brazil
same here! from australia, but my grandfather is scottish. the language is so beautiful, and the music
Arya Beltaine to bad it’s English
@@otto4255 im talking about scottish gaelic, as the language. it may dying but it still exists
Arya Beltaine aye I know just saying like I’m not allowed to ye
I can’t explain why, but listening to the Gaelic songs is very calming to me, and gives me some kind of deep, emotional reaction. Perhaps I was one of those women in a former life 😊❤️🏴
Gaelic should become the National Language of Scottland. Must be learned in Schools. Never Let our roots Die!
Cuimhnigh ar na daoine a d'tianing sibh uathu
Nobody in the East of Scotland speaks Gaelic. They speak Doric. Should that become the National Language too? Silly Nats. 😅
My grandfather is a McNeill from Barra, an island on the west coast of Scotland in the Outer Hebrides. His family spoke Gaelic though he seldom spoke of his life before he moved to New Zealand
So glad I learned Gaelic (I was born in Scotland but I moved when I was young but I decided to learn Gaelic just after I could speak English and that’s what I did)
This language is a Diamond in the rock.
I appreciate to learn it, in all in subitility (subtilité)...
Sorry for my English. I am French Canadian.
J'adore les langues Gaéliques, les langues de mes ancêtres. :)
Merci.
❤
Oh there's a gaelic speaking hotspot in Nova Scotia! I bet they have some events there
Je devrai l’apprendre moi aussi,mais je ne crois pas que c’est très répandu à Montréal. Je dois arrêter d’être paresseuse 😅
I’m a descendant of great and noble Irish and Scottish, this language must be preserved and taught.
Aquí en España tenemos el ancestral euskera, que también suena mágico y oído en voces como Benito Lertxundi o Mikel Laboa,... suena genial.
I hope that with the online world the language can get more popular and that the young generation pick it up. Such a beautiful language full of culture, tradition, history.
Save it!
Unfortunately it takes a long while to learn. For most people it can take as long as 3-4 years to fully master it.
I’m English but I’d really like to learn this lovely language one day
As an Egyptian I am quite jealous of what you have done and I hope Egyptians understand the importance of such ancient language and heritage. Hopefully, they can retrieve their language like you، Celts.
Greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬🇪🇬
ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ, ̀ⲛϧⲏⲧ⸗ Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ 🇪🇬🇪🇬
You mean Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics ?
@@stevenwood2436 hieroglyphics is just a way of writing the Egyptian language but, now we use coptic alphabet because it is much easier.
@@user-we5tx5tj8m yeah I have a book which is helping me understand hieroglyphics for when I become an Eygptologist when I grow up
@@stevenwood2436 Goodluck mate! You could also learn Coptic online which can expedite your learning process and would definitely give you a broad understanding of the the Egyptian language and its evolution over the past 7000 years.
I hope one day you could come to Egypt and fullfill your Dream 🇪🇬❤️
ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
@@user-we5tx5tj8m thank you it's going to take me a while because as you probably know the hieroglyphics don't use vowels so its that and the linking them to the pictures and what they mean
God I wish they would teach us our own god damn language in school. Like french and Spanish are fab languages and very helpful, but this is our own language (Scots Gaelic) and we aren’t even taught it. A kid once got told of in English for using a tad of Scots. And I’ve practically lost my accent due to the sh*t English lessons. Sorry for that little rant wanted to get it of my chest.. amazing music
Use Duolingo to learn it or listen to more of these songs I'm British and I'm pretty fluent in what the words mean and in sentences
@@stevenwood2436 yeah that’s gonna be what I do, but I’m struggling to bring my self to open duolingo...
Ah ahah procrastinon!
@@PuffaJacket I'm pretty fluent and could show you some stuff in discord or telegram
@@PuffaJacket Firstly easy on the taking of the Lords name in vain! 😜🫣😖👌🏼 Secondly, I am not sure why they choice to not teach Gaelic in the Schools! I am a fourth generation American but my great Granny moved to America fro Scotland. And I have Highland blood on my dads side too. And I married a descendent of the steward family. And I am pissed even in American schools we did not have access to our ancestral language. I tried to learn several languages in high school and college. All fails! But I just recently started learning Gaelic. And it come so naturally to me! So don’t be too angry, and maybe try and learn now!👌🏼🥰🤙🏼🏴🇺🇸
I am almost 58yr old, my grandfather could speak a dialect of it because of my great grandfather, but his wife,my grandmother and society told him it was toirmisgte. He only spoke it when he was pissed or somewhat inebriated or both. He was a good man so I'm trying to honor him by trying to learn it, even though I know some of the words and phrases are different than what he spoke? 'Ciamar a tha thu? Tha mi ceart gu Leo'r, is mise Tom.
Actual shivers down my spine. This is such a beautiful language and I hope that we as the peoples of this earth manage to preserve it
I'll try my best to keep it alive
I'm learning the language and I'll try to pass my love for it onto others (friends)
I agree!
*pats ground twice*
As someone trying to learn both Scottish and Irish Gaelic, I must say thank you so much for putting up these videos! I find that it's good practice for grammar and pronunciation to learn and sing songs, plus it's fun :)! I don't know how I have not seen your channel before, but I'm so glad I found it!
I've once heard an opinion that songs aren't good as examples when you learn its language. But if it helps you, then it's only better. I personally would like to know any celtic language, but it's really hard in my country to find such school or even courses, so I wish you good luck.
I know that feeling (I'm from Czech Republic), but hey, you could try www.duolingo.com, it works for me
Maith thú ar son na Gaeilge! Well done on the Gaelic! Another great help is listen to the radio online... Believe or not it works, it sinks in after a while.. how does a baby or young child learn
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw57d Scottish Gaelic (éist means listen)
www.rte.ie/rnag/ Irish Gaelic (éist anois means listen now)
That are some wonderful free online courses and even channels on RUclips with excellent lessons! I personally find the spelling of the Goidelics frightening but I try and learn the Brythonic languages whenever I get the time (and even though I bought books which were once tapes and later cds, we can get sound files on the web as well). If I ever manage to make progress enough with the Brythonics and some other languages I try and learn, I will consider including the Goidelics too, cause I´ve been a staunch lover of Celtic cultures for decades.
I'M DOING THE SAME...THANKS. VERY HELPFUL TO CHALLENGE MY EARS, TONGUE AND MOVE TOWARDS SPEAKING.
Such a beautiful language and rich history. Please, save your culture and language. Never let new era step a foot on you. It is all in ur hands.
I really need to learn the tongue of my ancestors.....
Gaelic with Jason is a great channel to start you off learning gaelic
Same! ❤
me too, i plan to
Duolingo has Scottish Gaelic lessons I know many people have been fluent with it the only problem is someone being lazy and not doing there lessons for the language.
Hali Karley cool do it
The scottish waulking songs gives me the life!!! Kisses from Spain! 😘
Ey! Soy de España también!! ^_^
Kisses back from Scotland 😘
soy de escocia, pero no hablo gaidhlig :( quiero estudiar a veces
I Love that Language. Not easy to pronounce if not born in scotland or ireland. Im from Germany, Love you folks!
Fun fact: Old Scots (not Scots Gaelic but like very old Scots) is said to be German or German sounding, it may not be that useful but the more ya know!
@@migittank6759 Something I also find interesting is how the Scottish word for “to know“ is “ken“, and a form of “to know“ in German is “kennen“.
Which is weird, considering that the Anglo-Saxons (the English) came from the Saxons and that the Scots kept their distance towards them, calling them “Sassenach“ to distinct them as “not like us“. The Scots are celtic, not Germanic, and yet our languages (except for gaelic) are so similar in pronunciation and thinking, it's easy to learn the Scottish accent for me.
The way Scots say “Sasse(nach)“ from the word “Saxon“ is the same way we say “Osse/Ossi“ to refer to people from the German east (Ost).
@@migittank6759 In Germany there is also a place called “Sassenberg“ which could have been “Saxenberg“ (Saxon mountain/mountain of Saxons), this way of pronouncing 'formal' or 'official' words in a careless dialect is pretty common where I'm from.
@@migittank6759 Very old Scots is Irish and has very few words that are similar to German. Both are very distantly related. Present day Irish "Ríocht" for instance means kingdom, In German it's "Reich" of course. There's many more related words from Latin, one obvious one being "Athair" from the Latin "Pater". Irish didn't like using "p" in general which Welsh did. Scots Gaelic is a beautiful language and I hope you keep it going. Even though I live in the South of Ireland, occasionally I'll look at BBC Alba. I can understand a fair bit of it and there's some Irish language content on it sometimes as well...
@MacKinley it's not difficult if it's in your blood. Lots of folks say the pronunciation is difficult...to me not at all...
As a Scottish man myself this music gives me life and a breath of peace, as if I was back where I belong.
Personally i want to learn this beautiful language. Me and my family have been in scotland for generations and i was braught up with so many Scottish traditions.
you should!
@@Totallynotredtail There's plenty of online resources, I reccommend the Irish Duolingo course and channels "Learn Irish" and "Gaeilge i mo chroí" (which means Irish in my heart) to fill in the gaps.
It's the same for Britton people, I'm 55 and realizing my culture was taken from me.
This. This immediately got my blood going for some reason, and brought the biggest smile to my face. So cool.
Keep the Gaelic language alive... it is a very very beautiful language. There are no words to describe it properly...the music as well.. may it be preserved.
I am Greek, and i see many people from other countries commenting on videos of ancient Greece, that they like that language etc... meanwhile here I am, completely mesmerized by this exotic to me language. Cheers and keep those languages alive, this is cultural legacy and people with roots from this heritage should carry this on.
ΓΕΙΑ! Είμαι από την Σκωτία και μαθαίνω Ελληνικά. Αυτές είναι πολύ όμορφες γλώσσες
I want to learn my ancestors language, very beautiful 💚🙏💚
It sounds like a language elves would speak
well the elvin language in the lord of the rings was based on welsh according to Tolkien.
@@percafluviatillis4901ome of it may have been, but pretty sure it was actually based on Finish.
bit of both i heard.
Well the elves are based on Celtic gods aswell
David De Marchi my name is David and born in March I 😇.
What I love about this music is how it speaks to peoples souls and brings so many people together. Honestly just scrolling through these comments and seen how many other people enjoy music like this has brightened my day, I love all of you :0)
I really wish i was taught this as a child. It's such a beautiful full language.
I have different kinds of blood lines and these kinds of songs really speaks to my soul. And also Jewish, Irish, Cherokee native American, and Spanish, and Viking songs 😁😁😊😊😊😊
Sounds like a language of heaven
I'm a Belorussian. I'm really fond of the songs of this language and itself language. Id like in order this language would be able to live forever
As a mexican, listen to this kind of music feels magical, because we really aren't used to hear this languages (scottish, irish) nor this type of instruments of rhythms, and let me tell you I've fallen in love with this! Everything stared with Céltic Woman and it just got better from there
It has been said that Celtic music can make you you homesick for places you've never been and proud of an ancestry that you don't have. I am Scots-Irish, and so I have the ancestry and the connection, but I know exactly what is meant by this statement.
I feel proud to be scottish hearing this, and I'm not even a single bit scottish, hahahaha
My family have been in Scotland for generations. It is a beautiful place rich in history. The songs are amazing too and does make you feel proud
you can be an honorary scots!
Hi I am German I want Scottish citizenship pls
Dads family
I’m part Scottish (predominantly Welsh) as well (don’t know which side of the family it’s from I’m adopted) but I’m from America may I also become an honorary Scot?
My home, my people, my land, it calls to me.
I’m Irish myself, I can just about make most of this out. 🇮🇪🤝🏴
I have Basque because of my last name (Baskerville). And my older sister once told me that the Basques are genetically identical to the Welsh and Irish. ❤ respect and love to all my Celtic brothers and sisters out there ❤❤
@@basquehound1999 Portuguese and Spanish people are closely related to Gaelics. That’s a genetically strong reality.
I'm half scottish, I know very little of scotland and my mother migrated to England when she was very young, I didn't get to know my grandparents on her side they died before I could form a sentence and yet somehow this music.. it speaks to me, warms my soul. It calls me to explore scotland and shine light on the dark side of my heritage.
I love listening to songs in Scottish Gaelic because I’m fluent in Irish and I love to find words that are the same in both languages because they are similar
Aontaím leis an smaoineamh go bhfuil siad beirt araon. is dócha toisc go bhfuil siad chomh gar dá chéile go geografach agus go stairiúil 🤷♂️🤷♂️
I was born in Germany, my parents are turkish, my descendants are from Iran and what I actually wanted to say is: I LOVE IRELAND and SCOTLAND ❤️🙏🏽 ALBA agus ÉIRE✨
Tá sé iontach is aoibhinn leat ár náisiúin! Má ba mhaith leat fíos conas a deir tú "I love Ireland and Scotland" as Gaelainn tá sé *Is aoibhinn liom Alban agus Éire*.
Translation: It is great that you love our nations! If you would like to know how to say "I love Ireland and Scotland" in Irish it is *Is aoibhinn liom Alban agus Éire*
I am of Scottish descent and have always loved my homeland of Scotland this makes me feel like I'm really there
Alba gu brath!!! Tha mi a ionnsachadh gaidhlig airson 6 seachdain. Tha e aon canan gle breagha. Madainn mhath á Ghreig!!! 🏴🇬🇷
Uyghur. You celtic nations are blessed with this amazing language! So much love ❤💕
each celtic nation has its own lol, this is gàidhlig, scotland’s celtic language, ireland has gaeilge, isle of man has gaelg, wales has cymru, cornwall has kernewek and brittany has brezhoneg, my first language is gàidhlig (scottish gaelic)
I'm asian, but when I was a small kid, around 5 or 6, I would dream about a woman and a baby, and the woman was singing in a language like this. The only words that I remember were the last two which she sung, "Ma~~~~mi~~~"
is dòcha nach eil thu Albannach ach is dòcha gum beannaich do bhràthair Dia thu
@@aidananderson6608 thanks friend 🙂
Hey Person with Scottish heritage here, I am currently relearning Scottish Gaelic 🤩
Gaelic is a wonderful language! It should be preserved! I do not understand it, but it sounds beautiful to my ears and it gladdens my heart!
Love from Dresden! ❤😎
Greetings from Russia, Tatarstan republic!
I'm not Scottish or anything close to it 😶 but when i listen to this kind of music i have this feeling like I'm home ,the music the language everything is beautiful it bring peace to me when I want to stop overthinking or when i just want to take a little break from reality, and the feeling i have when I'm painting or drawing while listening to this kind of music,i just love it , it's like it make everything go silence,and put me in my painting or drawing world 💜🥰
Love Scotland from Romania
🏴❤🇷🇴
SCOOOOTTLAAANNDDD FOREVERRRRR!!!
I`m german (bavaria) and i love this music and this beautiful language. 😍 I hope i can ever visit the scottish Highlands.
Woher aus Bayern bist du?
I'm Italian and I think that this language is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard. Better than English, if I must be honest. It feels like it is sung by some beautiful creature from a fantasy tale, like the Elves in LOTR. Tolkien was inspired by Gaelic, if I'm not wrong.
Yes, indeed. Irish and Scottish Gaelic are very musical languages and do lend themselves to music quite nicely. There is an old form of vocal music known as Sean Nos (shen nohs) in which the voice is used to add the ornamentation in sung songs that would be otherwise added in instrumental accompaniment. It is quite beautiful with it's lilts and trills that are so appealing in Celtic music. Check out Sean Nòs Singing video here on RUclips.
@@jennifervallot7003 thank you for your suggestion! I'm going to search it here on RUclips.
@@miriam_in_wonderland LOTR was inspired predominantly by Beowulf.
Which is English folklore..
Tolkien actually based Elvish off of Welsh a more distant relative to our Gaelic tongues! 🇮🇪🏴🇮🇲
Im german but my soul’s scottish and this makes me feel home
I'm so exited to learn this. Its such a pretty language. I refuse my English blood, and become one with my Scottish roots. I want my race back to the beauty it once was at!
Please keep this beautiful language alive!
All the way from Ireland to Scotland, Mairead, póg mo thóin.
na lass yourself mine
Slandering someone so much that they needed a snood is serious business ;)
Thank you for all these beautiful videos... I love the celtic/gaelic culture so much, and thanks to you i can enjoy this collection of incredibly beautiful traditional folk songs 🍀 kisses from BRAZIL!
My whole family originates from Scotland so this speaks to me!
I'm distantly Scottish, mostly African from America and this is actually a beautiful song.
First time hearing a song with my name in it, whoop
A lovely name it is. I assume you're Irish?
Murphdawg1 gaming most likely Scottish.
@@eileenmarie1652 The way the fada in her name is facing is Irish so that's why I assume she is Irish.
doesnt it translate to "maiden"?
As a Gráinne, that's how I felt about óró sé do bheatha abhaile the first time 😂
Still don’t understand why scottish schools don’t teach us scottish Gaelic but will teach us fucking french and German
Some of these songs are awesome to listen to when your learning the language love it
This makes my heart happy, I feel the spiritualism in this song, I know very few in the ways of Gaelic but my ancestral aperture knows this song.
I'm American... But holy crap, this is awesome.
The song itself is great, and the language... It's so familiar but also so unknown... Like a distant cousin I've never met.
I love listening to songs like these (mostly folk songs of Gaelic, German, and Nordic). Even when I don't know what they are singing, I still am entranced and use these songs for writing stories and my book series.
Every Scottish person oot there reading this please learn Gaelic and keep oor language alive!! Taphadh leat!!
This song makes me soo happy, I'm soo proud to be Scottish!!!!!. Definitely a song my family would sing and dance to. - 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I've lately been learning scottish gaelic, and the language fascinates me a lot! This song is such a melody :)
As someone who has just recently discovered his true Scottish ancestry this makes me incredibly proud to have such a rich history behind me, even if I’ve lived in England all my life, I’m not too far south and I’ll soon be returning to the land of my forefathers
3 years have passed. Where do you live now?
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 Born in Liverpool and lived here all my life mate, doubt I’m 3% when my Great Grandad moved down to Merseyside after the war, didn’t realise you knew me personally. Good try to belittle me though……
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 Hahaha it’s alright to be wrong mate, again nice try though, A real Irish Republican? So should I call you a hypocrite now or? As it sounds like with a name like that your the same type of person you’ve accused me of being, just screams, American who found out they’re a 1/4 Irish. At least I live on the same land mass my family’s from, have you even seen Ireland?
@a real Irish republican 🇮🇪 you taking about yourself again? Bit rude if you ask me, I thought we were having a two way conversation, also your use of the term “ Plastic Paddy” towards someone such as myself with a Scottish back ground tells me more than you know about where your from and your knowledge of cultures, I can practically smell the yank on you. Anyway if you do ever make it over to Ireland, I hope you enjoy it, although be warned their a lot better at sniffing out fake Mick’s than me hahah.
@@shulamitmavet156 I traveled up to Glasgow and from there spent the best part of 8 months travelling all around the country before returning back to England, I’ve got plans to return for good a little later in life but for now work and life in England is restricting that given the cost of living crisis we’re facing. One day though!
Learning this extraordinary language!!
Save this magical language🎶💖...from 🇱🇰
Gaelic language is still alive and kicking
listening to this makes me wish i knew more about my scottish roots
So, quite a few of my ancestors came from North Uist and the Barra Islands. They were Highlanders. This history was not lost, but buried after my grandmother was. That is why I'm here and I certainly don't regret it.
No soy escosesa pero me encanta toda esta hermosa cultura y este idioma me resulta muy llamativo y me encantaría aprenderlo ya que tengo mucha fascinación por los celtas y demás ❤❤❤❤
I love the bagpipes! This whole song makes me feel like I’m on a mystical journey! (without reading the translation)
Right now I'm working on learning some Welsh, but Gaelic will be next on my list of languages to learn and learn about! Thank you for sharing your beautiful music and language, it is deeply enjoyed!
Truer words were never said
Nice find. I’m a Texan with Scottish heritage So I’m trying to learn some more of the native culture there.
seems like americans are more intreated in other countries culture than there own i say that the empire will fall
@@chickeninyeezes3759 😂 fuck you think we like it here with the joke in house😂
Currently learning Gaelic on Duolingo. I’m a Celtic pagan so it’s wonderful to hear music like this
Sounds so much better than English.
feel like a time traveler listening to indigenous Gaelic sung in 384 AD !!!
This song always makes me want to get up and dance and i love to sing this song to my son
wow all the old songs started out as prayers to the Lady n Lorde or Goddess/God... love this song... the tune is very old...
The language of Angels.
my god this is beautiful @.@... I can't stop playing, I want to learn the gaelic so hard
do not let it die!
I would love to learn it. It's absolutely one of the most beautiful languages i've ever heard!!
So glad this is on my recommended glad to be Scottish 😌☺️
I want to learn Scottish Gaelic due to a third of my heritage being Scottish. Thank you for putting up these videos.
If you want to learn gaelic watch "learn gaelic with jason" he is very informative
I'm American and I have never been outside the United States. I would LOVE to visit Ireland and Scotland and any country that speaks Gaelic. It is such a beautiful language and listening to these songs makes it feel familiar. ❤️
To see Scottish Gaelic spoken, you would have to go to the far highlands of scotland, or even to the Orkney Islands. Enjoy the trip!
im scottish if we can talk i can arrange for you or your family to come to Scotland or Norway i have numerous houses.
@@zacharytaylor190 No zach it's really progressing Glaswegian establishments are holding our language and continuing
@@Nozylatten love to see it! I have some scottish ancestry (about 1/4 to 1/3) and was born Canadian. In my family tree is Stuart, and Glasgow 2 generations back.
This is beautiful and brings me such joy.