He likes to play with “pre-language” noises in his books, like “Shh” and “um”, noises “so universal that they seem to hint at where language may have evolved from”.

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As their heritage is closely intertwined, new Gaelic students - Irish or Scottish - often ask if they can understand their Celtic tongue’s sister language, here’s what we know.

Practice makes perfect with any language and it’s now easier than ever to set up your own Irish language conversation circle thanks to the initiative “Is Leor Beirt.”. Is Leor Beirt (“Two ...

Ireland has all these phenomena, especially when it comes to how the Irish language has been integrated. The earliest street sign I am aware of is from 1730 and is in Cork (where all the best ...