The Language

The Celtic people spoke many different languages among each other. Because they lived in many different parts in The Untied Kingdom they many dialects. Here are some of them that they knew.

Irish or Irish Gaelic, is the oldest of the Goidelic groups of Celtic languages. Ancient written examples exist in the ogham inscriptions, on about the 370 gravestones scattered through the southwest of Ireland and Wales which date back to the 5th to the 8th century. The Celts spoke Irish and both Gaelic, quite a high percentage as well. They speak Gaelic (Irish ) in Ireland and in some other parts of the world today.

Scottish Gaelic was bought to Scotland by the Irish invaders about the 5th century, where it replaced older Brythonic language. By the 15th century, with the increase number of Norse and English loan-words, the Scottish branch differed significantly enough form the Irish to warrant a definition as a separate language. The Celtic people also spoke Scottish Gaelic but, it was not really a high percentage.

The language of the Isle Of Man is classed as a dialect of Scottish Gaelic, with a strong Norse influence. It began to decline in the 19th century, and Manx literature, apart from the ballads and the carols, is negligible. The Celtic people also spoke this language but, it wasn't really high in percentage.