#celtic languages

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duine-aiteach:

[ID: an image of the tri-spiral from Newgrange in the centre of the muted rainbow, aro ace, nblm, nblw, genderqueer, genderqueer guy, genderfluid, agender, demiboy and demigirl flags]

[ID as Gaeilge: pictúir de dearadh na dtrí bhís ó Sí an Bhrú ar na bratachaí bogha báistí, gan-ghnéas gan rómáns, neamh-dhénártha a mbíonn grá acu d’fhir, neamh-dhénártha a mbíonn grá acu do mná, inscne aiteach, leaid inscne aiteach, inscne-sholúbtha, gan inscne, leath-buachaill agus leath-cailín]

I am interested in finding a way to easily show my pride at being Irish and being queer so made these. I decided to use a shamrock, a Celtic knot and the tri-spiral design from Newgrange. I placed them in the centre, large, but also to the top right, small.

Having made them all I think my favourite is the small tri-spiral but I have queued all six designs up so you can use whichever you like.

If you do use my edit for something please let me know - I’d love to see. Credit however isn’t needed.

This is post two of thirteen.

duine-aiteach:

[ID: an image of the tri-spiral from Newgrange in the centre of the original rainbow, normal rainbow, gay man, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, nonbinary, asexual and aromantic flags]

[ID as Gaeilge: pictúir de dearadh na dtrí bhís ó Sí an Bhrú ar dhá bratach bogha báistí agus na bratachaí fear aerach, leispiach, déghnéasach, il-ghnéasach, trasinscneach, neamh-dhénártha, éighnéasach agus gan-rómáns]

I am interested in finding a way to easily show my pride at being Irish and being queer so made these. I decided to use a shamrock, a Celtic knot and the tri-spiral design from Newgrange. I placed them in the centre, large, but also to the top right, small.

Having made them all I think my favourite is the small tri-spiral but I have queued all six designs up so you can use whichever you like.

If you do use my edit for something please let me know - I’d love to see. Credit however isn’t needed.

This is post one of thirteen.

Image description: a series of tumblr messages reading:

“Hello! I’m Marta and I’m a student of 2nd year Celtic Studies in Poland :)

I’m a part of a student project that is investigating the existence of Welsh-language fanfiction/fandom spaces and what are its members’ relations with the Welsh language.

We are currently conducting surveys on Welsh language fanfiction readers and we need to have a pilot survey to make sure it all runs smoothly. However, there are very few Welsh language fanfiction readers already, and we cannot count in the respondents from the pilot to our final study, for the sake of research.

Which is why we are looking to run the pilot on Irish-language fanfiction readers, and I hope you would be interested, as I’ve seen you post about Irish fic :)

It should take a maximum of 20 minutes, but most likely less. The questions are anonymous and mostly concern your relationship with fanfiction and language. Would you be willing to take part?”

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Marta reached out to me recently about their survey which sounds fascinating. So if any of you feel that you fit what they are looking for, please contact @estullefavric as soon as possible.

a-second-soul:

Soooo since I’ve been learning Welsh for a while I thought about making a list to share a few resources to learn Celtic languages! (I’ll keep updating this post!)


Welsh

General information and links: WikipediaOmniglot

Online courses:BBC+Big Welsh Challenge,Say Something in Welsh,Learn Welsh Now,Learn Welsh,Surface Languages

Online dictionaries:here,hereandhere 

Learning vocabulary: Memrise is a good start, I highly recommend this course

Course books and dictionaries to buy:Teach Yourself Welsh (also look for the older versions ‘cause some of them are better), Colloquial Welsh,Welsh in Three Months,Basic Welsh,Intermediate Welsh,Cwrs Mynediad(A1),Cwrs Sylfaen(A2),Welsh for BeginnersModern Welsh GrammarModern Welsh Dictionary

Books for the Welsh learner (beginner to intermediate level):E-Ffrindiau,Bywyd Blodwen Jones,Cant Y Cant

Books in Welsh (translation):Harry Potter,The Very Hungry Caterpillar,Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Welsh books:here’s a website

Other cool stuff:Welsh songs,Welsh mythology in Welsh,BBC Cymru,S4C (Welsh TV),Welsh radio


Irish

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:Duolingo,Bitesize Irish Gaelic (not free), Erin’s Web,some basics on YouTube,Talk Irish (not free)

Online dictionaries:here,hereandhere

Learning vocabulary: Duolingo vocabulary+other

Course books and dictionaries to buy:Gaeilge Gan Stró,Basic Irish,Intermediate Irish,Teach Yourself Irish,Spoken World: Irish,Progress in IrishColloquial Irish,Irish for BeginnersIrish Grammar,Irish Dictionary

Books in Irish (translation): The Hobbit,Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,Harry Potter,Around the World in Eighty Days

Irish books:here is a website

Other cool stuff:Irish covers of English songs,Irish TV channel and radio


Scottish Gaelic

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:Gàidhlig air YouTube,BBC,Speaking Our Language, and this list of useful links 

Online dictionaries:here,hereandhere

Learning vocabulary:Memrise offers lots of courses 

Course books and dictionaries to buy:Teach Yourself Scottish Gaelic,Colloquial Scottish Gaelic,Scottish Gaelic in Three Months,Everyday Gaelic,Gaelic VerbsScottish Gaelic Dictionary

Books in Scottish Gaelic:Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Scottish Gaelic Books:here is a website


Breton

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:Loecsen (only basics!),Langoland,Kervaker

Online dictionaries:hereandhere (this one’s French <-> Breton)

Learning vocabulary:Memrise again

Course books and dictionaries to buy:Colloquial Breton,Breton Grammar,Breton Dictionary and Phrase Book – if you know French, there is more: Le breton pour les nuls,Assimil Breton,Parler breton comme un Breton 

Breton books:here is a website

Other cool stuff:Breton radio


Cornish

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:Say Something in Cornish,BBC,A Handbook of the Cornish Language,First Grade Course,Second/Third Grade Course,Learn Cornish Now

Online dictionaries:hereandhere (this one’s Welsh <-> Cornish) 

Learning vocabulary:Memrise again

Course books and dictionaries to buy:My First Words in CornishThe Lexicon of Revived Cornish

Other cool stuff:Cornish radio/podcasts


Manx

General Information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses: Learn Manx,A Practical Grammar

Online dictionaries:here

Learning vocabulary:Memrise

Course books and dictionaries to buy:Talk Now! Manx,Manx Dictionary

Other cool stuffread in Manx,Manx radio,Manx YouTube channel


Cumbric

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:Cumbraek


Gaulish and Modern Gaulish (revived Old Gaulish)

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:The Modern Gaulish Language

Learning vocabulary: Memrise 


Galatian

General information and links:Wikipedia 

Other cool stuff:Galatian words in Turkish


Lepontic

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:basic information

Other cool stuff: a collection of Lepontic inscriptions,more information


Celtiberian

General information and links:Wikipedia,Omniglot

Online courses:some basics


If you’re learning one of the more “popular” Celtic languages, you can also use lang-8 to practice your writing skills! 

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