#gaelic languages

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Will never not tear up over this

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There’s just something about the fact that Annabel Blackthorn grew up in 1700’s Cornwall, the beginning of the end for the area’s language and dialect and culture and unique identity because they were being assimilated into the “proper” English whole, something about Annabel being more Mundane than Shadowhunter and more Downworlder than both, something about Annabel speaking the language of the death, the language of those she distrusted, and the language that was dying, something about Annabel being born into a culture and than dying alongside it, something about Annabel Blackthorn living and dying as a Cornish girl and being brought back to life as an Englishwoman

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Old Irish 3: Mythic and Religious Language

Welcome to the third free tutorial in Old Irish!

In this posting we will learn how to pronounce some mythic and religious terminology that you may have encountered in your reading and exploration (including place-names and animals), as well as some information about grammar, and the use of Old Irish in ritual.

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Speaking to the Irish Gods: OIr Lesson 2

Welcome to the second tutorial in Old Irish, in service to the Celtic Pagan / Druidic community!

Note: You may wish to print out the lessons so you can read and follow along with the sound file at the same time. Do read through the lesson first though, and then follow along with the sound file.

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Distribution of Goidelic/Gealic languages (Irish, Scottish and Manx).

by cactusmapping/instagram

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Traditional dialect groups of the Gaelic languages.

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Distribution of the Gaelic languages.

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Voices of the Ancestors: Intro to Old Irish

In these tutorials, we are going to learn how to pronounce words in Old Irish. This is a form of Irish / Gaelic which is seen in the earliest manuscripts (c. 600-900 CE / AD).

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