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Celtic Languages Sites
GeneralCELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. An ongoing project to place online texts relating to Irish literary and historical culture, including texts in Irish, Latin, Old Norse, Anglo-Norman French, and English. Definition of Celtic Language. A page at WordIQ.com with the history and etymology of Celtic languages, and links to further information on the various languages in the family. Celtica. Links to resources in the Celtic languages, including Scots Gaelic, Irish, Welsh, Manx Gaelic, Breton, and Cornish. Gaelic Dictionaries Online Links to dictionaries in Irish, Scots, and Manx Gaelic. The Gaelic Home Page. Gaelic language, music, history, and culture. Gaelic Languages Info. A collection of links to Gaelic sites. Internet Resources for Irish and Celtic Studies. An extensive collection of categorised and annotated links to selected sites of interest for teachers and learners of Irish and other Celtic languages, put together by the School of Languages and Literature at the University of Ulster. Irish and Scottish Gaelic Lessons. A text-only, but highly informative and remarkably detailed site with grammar-based lessons in Irish and Scots Gaelic for beginners. Search online Gaelic dictionaries. An English-language interface to search up to four online dictionaries - two Scots Gaelic, one Irish, one Manx. You can search by headword, word or substring.
IrishAn Foclóir Beag. A searchable dictionary of Irish. Daltaí na Gaeilge. A US-based organisation "dedicated to promoting and teaching the Irish language". The website has a wealth of resources for learners and existing speakers of Irish, including detailed grammar, common phrases and proverbs (with .wav audio clips), online exercises, and lively online fora. There's also a calendar of events worldwide related to Irish, and a small international directory of Irish teachers. Interactive Irish on the Internet. Beginner's Irish lessons with Real Audio clips to help with pronunciation. Irish Dictionary Online. A searchable and browsable English-Irish dictionary, with detailed results and example phrases. There's also a verb lookup as well with full conjugations, which is very handy. Irish Resources in the Humanities (IRITH). An academic database of resources, containing a wealth of annotated links to selected resources related to the humanities in Ireland categorised by themes, including architecture, art, music, and of course Irish language. Lá. " Raidió na Gaeltachta. The national Irish-language radio station based in the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking region) on the Irish West coast. Some broadcasts are available as recorded RealAudio files, and the live webcast can be heard on the parent RTE site. Site text in Irish and English. Radio Telefís Éireann Online. Includes RealAudio broadcasts in Irish. Turas Teanga. An Irish language course from Ireland's national broadcaster Radio Telefis Éireann. There's a short online beginner's course comprising six lessons with video clips (Real format) and simple exercises, based on the book and DVD course of the same name. There's also a useful list of links resources for learners of Irish.
ManxManx Archives. A large resource for Manx Gaelic, including articles in the language and online lessons. Manx Dictionary. An English-Manx dictionary, with the nice added touch of a mini-concordancer demonstrating the use of terms in English/Manx. Manx Language. The Wikipedia entry on Manx, with history, orthography, pronunciation, and links. Scots GaelicAm Baile. A bilingual English/Gaelic site dedicated to "creating a digital archive of the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands", and chock-full of documents, images, and audio clips. Am Bratach. A monthly magazine for the Scottish Highlands, with some articles in Gaelic. BBC for Gaelic:
Clì Gàidhlig. The website of "the Gaelic access and promotion organisation", which also includes very useful resources for learners of all levels. Colin and Cumberland. The website of the BBC Gaelic learners series for children full of Flash games, quizzes, animations, all with audio clips. Great fun for kids and regressing adults :) Definition of Scots Gaelic language. A useful page at WordIQ.com with linguistic and historical information on Gaelic, plus its grammatical idiosyncrasies, pronunciation guides, and the differences between Gaelic and Irish. Faclairean Gàidhlig. A nice collection of annotated (in Gaelic) links to vocabularies and dictionaries. I particularly like the collection "Facail Ghàidhlig airson chuspairean àraid", Gaelic words for specific topics such as IT, the Scottish Parliament, days/dates, trees, music, and so on. A useful reference. Foràm na Gàidhlig. A busy forum for native speakers and learners, with sections devoted to language, news, poetry, reference, grammar and other topics. Probably the most likely successor to the now extinct savegaelic.org forum. Gaelcast. A podcast in Gaelic. As the 'casts' are in MP3 format you can play them on your computer with MP3 software, or download them to play on a MP3 player or even an iPod. The casts are quite up-to-date and not too hard to understand for this beginner, and provide some nice native speaker listening. Recommended. Gaelic Orthographic Conventions. Although a seemingly dry document, this can be quite illuminating for learners and help to clarify spelling and pronunciation. For instance, knowing that "beul" used to be spelt "bial" helps in understanding why it's pronounced "bee-ul". Gaelic Google. The famous search engine with a Gaelic interface. This can be quite handy for learners as a 'rough and ready' concordancer, as well as for searching Gaelic resources. Gaelic words in English. An intriguing list of Gaelic words that have come into English - as well as the usual suspects there are a few surprises. Gaelic Thesaurus. Surely the first of its kind, hosted at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on Skye. The Gaelic-language interface only takes Gaelic search terms, but returns results in English and Gaelic. Recommended. Glug anns an taigh. A fun Flash game, with audio, giving practice in simple vocabulary and grammar. Aimed at schoolkids, but could also be a fun diversion for beginner adult learners. LearnGaelic.info. Lots of useful pointers and resources for learners of Gaelic at all levels, with a compendious list of books, organisations, teaching groups, courses, and much more. Run by Clì Gàidhlig. Site in English and Gaelic. Links to Gaelic and related sites. An annotated collection of sites related to Gaelic, many in the language itself, collated in 5 broad categories, with a Top Ten listing. A treasure trove for those interested in Scots Gaelic, hosted by Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis (Gaelic Society of Inverness). Recommended. Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh. The famous Letter to Gaelic Learners, broadcast weekly by Ruaridh MacIlleathain on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. Each 'letter' consists of a story with linguistic help and vocabulary, and is available as a downloadable MP3 audio clip and a PDF transcript. The service is aimed at learners with some experience of Gaelic. Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail. Website of the Royal National Mod, an annual festival of Gaelic language and culture held in Scotland. The site has some useful resources for learners, including a dictionary and some annotated Gaelic links. SaveGaelic.org. A portal for resources for Scots Gaelic, including links to organisations, learning resources, dictionaries, and other portals. There's also up-to-date news, in English and Gaelic, on official initiatives to support the language. Perhaps the main feature of the site was the varied discussion fora on the language and current events, which has now sadly bitten the dust. Site text mainly in English, with some Gaelic. Scottish-English Dictionary. A section of Webster's Online Dictionary, this perhaps confusingly mixes Gaelic and Scots words (eg "dreich") together as "Scottish", though the Gaelic seems to far outnumber the Scots. Gaelic entries are single and compound words, occasionally small phrases, sorted alphabetically in pages. Non-searchable. Scottish Gaelic College (Sabhal Mór Ostaig) on the Isle of Skye. The site includes Gaelic lessons and lots of links to other Gaelic sites. Scottish Gaelic first names. An alphabetical list of first names in Gaelic and their English equivalents (eg Margaret - Mairead). An Stòr-dàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig. Gaelic-English dictionary hosted at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Interface in Gaelic. Stuth ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig air an Eadarlìon. Scottish Gaelic learners' materials online. A useful, short list of briefly-annotated resources for learnings, including materials (such as Gaelic hangman) not usually found in other resource lists. Swearsaurus. "How to swear, insult, cuss and curse in Gàidhlig". Some truly filthy, X-rated phrases and words in Gaelic, included here for public information purposes and academic study, naturally :o). TAIC Gàidhlig Leaners Resource. Over 50 lessons for Gaelic beginners, in HTML and PDF formats, with audio files, grammatical appendices, supplements, vocabularies, and a pronunciation guide. Taigh na Gàidhlig. A forum for learners of Gaelic, the successor to the late lamented forum at savegaelic.org which went 'off air' in January 2006. Tir nam Blòg. A nice (we)blog written entirely in Gaelic, with links to as many other Gaelic blogs as the author can find (hence the name). Wikipedia Gaelic. The famous contributory online encylopaedia with a Gaelic interface and Gaelic language articles. Wikipedia - Scottish Gaelic language. A growing category of Wikipedia, with subcategories for adjectives, nouns, pronouns, numerals, and more, including nouns and phrases sorted by subject. Some categories are a bit patchy at the time of writing (March 2007) but the nouns and adjectives are quite full and can be used as a Gaelic -> English dictionary.
WelshGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru: University of Wales Dictionary of the Welsh Language. Information and historical background on the Welsh Language dictionary project, plus sample pages from the dictionary and ordering information.Learning Welsh on the Internet. A fully-fledged university-level distance learning course in Welsh aimed at absolute beginners, for which registration is free for the first 40 credits for EU citizens. The course is run by the University of Wales Lampeter, and is one of a number of distance learning courses in Welsh language and culture which they offer. University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. The website of the internationally-renowned research centre, based at Aberystwyth. Site text in Welsh and English. A Welsh Course. A text-based course in beginner's Welsh, and links to other Internet resources for Welsh. Welsh-English / English-Welsh On-line Dictionary. An interactive bilingual dictionary, with audio files in MP3 format, from the University of Wales Lampeter. Discussion ForaGaelic Learners. My own rather quiet Google group for learners of Gaelic, mostly but not exclusively aimed at students following courses run by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Scottish Gàidhlig language & culture. A forum set up as a near-clone of the late, lamented savegaelic.org learners forum, and run by a very enthusiastic learner called Màirìn based in Maryland, USA, who also maintains the Learner's Gàidhlig Google group. |
