Culture corner 6, exercise 2, page 113.0:00
Indo European languages Celtic Languages Welsh Cymreg A language similar to Welsh called Brythonic was the historic native tongue of most of Britain during the Roman occupation and before the Anglo Saxon invasion.0:11
Nowadays, modern Welsh is spoken by roughly 20% of the population in Wales where it is the official language.0:39
Together with English, it is compulsory for students to study Welsh at school from the age of 5 to 16.0:46
Interesting fact, there is a Welsh colony in Argentina where they still speak Welsh.0:54
Irish Gaelic Gaelge English only became the language of the majority in Ireland in the 19th century.1:07
Today there are still a few areas in Western Ireland which where most people use Irish as their first language.1:14
While around a third of the population of Ireland overall can speak the language.1:21
Irish became an official language of the European Union in 2007.1:27
Say it is Orame on Tonor.1:33
Scottish Gaelic Gaelic Scottish Gaelic was introduced from Ireland about the 6th century AD, so it is closely related to Irish.1:38
Speakers of both languages are able to understand one another quite well.1:49
Scottish Gaelic is spoken primarily in the Highlands of Scotland and in the Western Isles where in some areas over 50% of the population speak it.1:54
Unfortunately, however, the use of the language is continually declining.2:04
Interesting slogan is a Scottish Gaelic word.2:09
Gaelic Gylg Manx is the native language of the Isle of Man, an island of 84,500 people in the Irish Sea.2:19
Until the 18th century, the isle of man was totally Manx speaking.2:29
Today there are no native speakers of Manx left, but about 2% of the population speak it as a second language.2:34
At five of the island's preschools and one primary school, the children are only taught in Manxar.2:43
Cornish Kurnawek Cornish is the native language of Cornwall, a region in southwest Britain.2:54
Cornish died out as a spoken language sometime around the 18th century, but it has recently been revived.3:02
Today around 560 people speak Cornish fluently.3:09
The language is taught in some schools and BBC Radio Cornwall has a regular Cornish news broadcast.3:13
Interesting fact, Cornish is a direct descendant of Brythonic, the original native language of Britain.3:20
P Ur Yuhi what time is it?3:29
Germanic languages English 2000 years ago, everyone in the British Isles spoke Celtic languages.3:33
English only began to develop in the 5th century AD when Anglo Saxon tribes invaded Britain from Northern Europe.3:41
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