#celtic languages
[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.
[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.
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: Wikipedia, Omniglot
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 Beginners, Modern Welsh Grammar, Modern 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 Irish, Colloquial Irish,Irish for Beginners, Irish 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 Verbs, Scottish 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 Cornish, The 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 stuff: read 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!