Brittonic and Goidelic. Easy to mix up.
October 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Brittonic and Goidelic. Easy to mix up.
Mind your P's & Q's!
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October 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Just very quickly: no "spring" works neither for Goidelic nor for British.
October 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Just very quickly: no "spring" works neither for Goidelic nor for British.
Still working on establishing a Celtic dataset for @jtauber.com's tool. I am going back and forth between Goidelic and Brythonic branches, trying to either find a rule that works and then backing up by reputable references or implementing rules from said references (especially on the Irish side).
October 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Still working on establishing a Celtic dataset for @jtauber.com's tool. I am going back and forth between Goidelic and Brythonic branches, trying to either find a rule that works and then backing up by reputable references or implementing rules from said references (especially on the Irish side).
Brythonic or Goidelic?..😂😂
October 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Brythonic or Goidelic?..😂😂
Yes, Cumbric is Brythonic or Prythonic to give it its more academic name. Scots Gaeilic is a very different language as it is Goidelic (Q-Celtic with no P sound in the past although through Latinisation it does today). Scots G./Irish are very different from Breton and Welsh.
October 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Yes, Cumbric is Brythonic or Prythonic to give it its more academic name. Scots Gaeilic is a very different language as it is Goidelic (Q-Celtic with no P sound in the past although through Latinisation it does today). Scots G./Irish are very different from Breton and Welsh.
Re: the ‘folksy’ contractions, i postulate PCelt makŵos / makkŵos ‘son, boy’ < contraction of magŵākos < magus + -ākos with gemination only appearing in Goidelic perhaps because of how intervocalic -gŵ- was resolved in different branches of Celtic??? I dunno #dennydoeswords
September 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Re: the ‘folksy’ contractions, i postulate PCelt makŵos / makkŵos ‘son, boy’ < contraction of magŵākos < magus + -ākos with gemination only appearing in Goidelic perhaps because of how intervocalic -gŵ- was resolved in different branches of Celtic??? I dunno #dennydoeswords
![The peoples of these islands of Prettanike were called the Преттао, Priteni or Pretani. 16] Priteni is the source of the Welsh language term Prydain, Britain, which has the same source as the Goidelic term Cruithne used to refer to the early Brythonic-speaking inhabitants of the Scottish highlands and the north of Scotland. 21] The latter were later called Picts or Caledonians by the Romans. Greek historians Diodorus of Sicily and Strabo preserved variants of Prettanike from the work of Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia, who travelled from his home in Hellenistic southern Gaul to Britain in the 4th century BC. The term used by Pytheas may derive from a Celtic word meaning "the painted ones" or "the tattooed folk" in reference to body decorations. 22! According to Strabo, Pytheas referred to Britain as Bretannike, which is treated a feminine noun [23][24][25|[26] Marcian of Heraclea, in his Periplus maris exteri, described the island group as ai Преттачкаї nool (the Prettanic Isles). 27]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7nf3vqbvea5gpbet3kmibxpm/bafkreibry2bo5n2yogxv5fm2paimpnv7zdvw23mynum7cfgocht7h53xn4)
The P.
They are the Brythonic cousins of the Goidelic aliens known as the Q.
They are the Brythonic cousins of the Goidelic aliens known as the Q.
Name your fav Star Trek species, wrongs answers only.
September 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The P.
They are the Brythonic cousins of the Goidelic aliens known as the Q.
They are the Brythonic cousins of the Goidelic aliens known as the Q.
I always wanted to author a paper called "Mind Your P's and Q's: A Lexicon of Cognates between Brythonic and Goidelic Languages".
September 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I always wanted to author a paper called "Mind Your P's and Q's: A Lexicon of Cognates between Brythonic and Goidelic Languages".
Irish, like Scots Gaelic and Manx, is Goidelic not Brythonic.
UK citizens don't need to worry about Irish citizenship law (current, or these terrible proposed changes) as due to the Common Travel Area British people can move to Ireland without restriction.
UK citizens don't need to worry about Irish citizenship law (current, or these terrible proposed changes) as due to the Common Travel Area British people can move to Ireland without restriction.
September 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Irish, like Scots Gaelic and Manx, is Goidelic not Brythonic.
UK citizens don't need to worry about Irish citizenship law (current, or these terrible proposed changes) as due to the Common Travel Area British people can move to Ireland without restriction.
UK citizens don't need to worry about Irish citizenship law (current, or these terrible proposed changes) as due to the Common Travel Area British people can move to Ireland without restriction.
They speak (spoke ig) a Goidelic language so really they should be the 33rd county
September 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
They speak (spoke ig) a Goidelic language so really they should be the 33rd county
The “go + adjective” adverb construction is still productive in all three Goidelic languages (Irish, Gaidhlig, Manx).
September 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The “go + adjective” adverb construction is still productive in all three Goidelic languages (Irish, Gaidhlig, Manx).
Of course there was. As I said we are all descended from immigrants.
But from Palaeolithic Mesolithic it is believed there was no unifying language. The 1st languages to spread and be used by Britons were of Brittonic or Goidelic origin.
Therefore, they are the original recognised Lang of Britain.
But from Palaeolithic Mesolithic it is believed there was no unifying language. The 1st languages to spread and be used by Britons were of Brittonic or Goidelic origin.
Therefore, they are the original recognised Lang of Britain.
September 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Of course there was. As I said we are all descended from immigrants.
But from Palaeolithic Mesolithic it is believed there was no unifying language. The 1st languages to spread and be used by Britons were of Brittonic or Goidelic origin.
Therefore, they are the original recognised Lang of Britain.
But from Palaeolithic Mesolithic it is believed there was no unifying language. The 1st languages to spread and be used by Britons were of Brittonic or Goidelic origin.
Therefore, they are the original recognised Lang of Britain.
Brythonic rather than Goidelic ;)
August 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Brythonic rather than Goidelic ;)
Great Britain languages:
* English, of course
* Scottish Gaelic
* Welsh: A Brittonic Celtic
* Cornish: A revived Brittonic language
* Irish: A Goidelic language spoken in Northern Ireland, where it has official status
* English, of course
* Scottish Gaelic
* Welsh: A Brittonic Celtic
* Cornish: A revived Brittonic language
* Irish: A Goidelic language spoken in Northern Ireland, where it has official status
August 20, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Great Britain languages:
* English, of course
* Scottish Gaelic
* Welsh: A Brittonic Celtic
* Cornish: A revived Brittonic language
* Irish: A Goidelic language spoken in Northern Ireland, where it has official status
* English, of course
* Scottish Gaelic
* Welsh: A Brittonic Celtic
* Cornish: A revived Brittonic language
* Irish: A Goidelic language spoken in Northern Ireland, where it has official status
love the fact that with anything vaguely Goidelic or generally Celtic that @jackvalinsky.com finds on Bluesky, he tags me.
Tapadh leat, a charaid.
Tapadh leat, a charaid.
August 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
love the fact that with anything vaguely Goidelic or generally Celtic that @jackvalinsky.com finds on Bluesky, he tags me.
Tapadh leat, a charaid.
Tapadh leat, a charaid.
And for the phonological and structural base, I'm looking at the Goidelic Substrate hypothesis: the idea that something pre-Celtic, something we can only partially reconstruct from loanwords and structural oddities, underlies Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
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August 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
And for the phonological and structural base, I'm looking at the Goidelic Substrate hypothesis: the idea that something pre-Celtic, something we can only partially reconstruct from loanwords and structural oddities, underlies Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
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An Cháisc versus Y Pasg
Although Irish and Welsh are both Celtic languages they are from two distinct groups: the Goidelic group that comprises Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic; and the Brythonic group that comprises Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These are sometimes referred to as q-Celtic and […]
Although Irish and Welsh are both Celtic languages they are from two distinct groups: the Goidelic group that comprises Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic; and the Brythonic group that comprises Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These are sometimes referred to as q-Celtic and […]
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April 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
An Cháisc versus Y Pasg
Although Irish and Welsh are both Celtic languages they are from two distinct groups: the Goidelic group that comprises Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic; and the Brythonic group that comprises Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These are sometimes referred to as q-Celtic and […]
Although Irish and Welsh are both Celtic languages they are from two distinct groups: the Goidelic group that comprises Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic; and the Brythonic group that comprises Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These are sometimes referred to as q-Celtic and […]
Oh, there’s a for sure distinction (goidelic v. Brythonic type shit); not at all major, but you know it when you hear it
June 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Oh, there’s a for sure distinction (goidelic v. Brythonic type shit); not at all major, but you know it when you hear it
Goidelic (Scottish Gaelic), and Celabrian (Spanish, Italian, Catalan and Sicilian).
So, yeah, pretty indecipherable! He codeswitches a LOT, and uses terms that are literally unfamiliar to most of the cast; he's also very slangy, drops his G's and H's, etc. Alkmer is like an unholy cross between-
So, yeah, pretty indecipherable! He codeswitches a LOT, and uses terms that are literally unfamiliar to most of the cast; he's also very slangy, drops his G's and H's, etc. Alkmer is like an unholy cross between-
June 14, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Goidelic (Scottish Gaelic), and Celabrian (Spanish, Italian, Catalan and Sicilian).
So, yeah, pretty indecipherable! He codeswitches a LOT, and uses terms that are literally unfamiliar to most of the cast; he's also very slangy, drops his G's and H's, etc. Alkmer is like an unholy cross between-
So, yeah, pretty indecipherable! He codeswitches a LOT, and uses terms that are literally unfamiliar to most of the cast; he's also very slangy, drops his G's and H's, etc. Alkmer is like an unholy cross between-
I didn’t know he disliked the Goidelic ones, but I know that one of his Elvish languages was based heavily on Welsh
April 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I didn’t know he disliked the Goidelic ones, but I know that one of his Elvish languages was based heavily on Welsh
The Celtic language branch is usually split into Brittonic (Welsh, Breton, Cornish) and Goidelic (Irish, Gaelic and Manx), so it’s Irish and Manx that are missing. If we’re really digging in, the Scots branch should probably also include Doric. Sorry, I’m being a big nerd!
December 15, 2023 at 8:37 AM
The Celtic language branch is usually split into Brittonic (Welsh, Breton, Cornish) and Goidelic (Irish, Gaelic and Manx), so it’s Irish and Manx that are missing. If we’re really digging in, the Scots branch should probably also include Doric. Sorry, I’m being a big nerd!