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| liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4605 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 6 01 July 2012 at 7:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have an interest in learning a P Celtic language as I already speak Irish (Q Celtic)
to a near native level. This will be a future project as I already have my hands full with reaching fluency in French and learning German from scratch. Welsh seems the obvious choice, given the number of speakers and the availability of resources. Will knowing Irish give me an advantage over someone that doesn't speak a Celtic language? How similar (or different) are Irish and Welsh? Thanks in advance 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4829 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2 of 6 02 July 2012 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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An interesting question.
If you look at the comparisons towards the bottom of this article, unfortunately, it does not look as though you will get a great deal of obvious help from Irish, when learning Welsh. Some examples of all the living Celtic languages being spoken here: My gut feeling is though, that you will still be at a slight advantage over other native speakers of English who have never learned a Celtic language. Edited by montmorency on 02 July 2012 at 12:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 3 of 6 02 July 2012 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had some experience of listening to Irish in my extended family and I learned a little - something like A1.5 level.
I also spent a few summers in Brittany with a French family as a teenager. I learned a little Breton to try to impress a girl. I learned two things: Irish didn't help me with Breton (but I am more sure of what I am looking for now than I was then.) The girl wasn't impressed but the old lady in the patissiere was! When I have time I might go back to Breton. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4605 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English* | Message 4 of 6 03 July 2012 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks to you both. I've done a bit more research and it seems that Welsh and Irish do
share a number of features which are common to the Celtic family. So though I cannot expect to benefit from known vocabulary in Irish, there are some things where I'll have a head start. Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| vermillon Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4679 days ago 602 posts - 1042 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, German | Message 5 of 6 03 July 2012 at 6:33pm | IP Logged | ||
Are these two sentences related? Is it possible that you are interested in the lady from the patisserie, now that you've aged a bit? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 6 of 6 03 July 2012 at 7:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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I could be persuaded, I suppose.
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