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Set of tunes

Jan 30, 2010 20:31

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padraigin January 30 2010, 18:12:38 UTC

It's Gaelic. But I don't know if it's Irish or Scots.

padraigin January 30 2010, 18:37:46 UTC

My husband once had a song by Altan and he figured it out phonetically. He said if you see it written out you won't know the pronunciation as it's so completely different in the old Scots or Irish Gaelic. Good luck.

audiocat January 30 2010, 19:19:00 UTC

Thank you for your answer!

roaming January 31 2010, 00:40:14 UTC

I've got a friend who sings in all Gaelic languages: I've forwarded your request to her and when she gets a chance to see it/answer, I'm sure she'll tell you which it is.

did you check out McManus's website for answers? ( I would but don't have time right now.) Anyway, he's Scottish, so bets are it's Scots Gaelic. But who knows who the singer is and what she sings in. . . .

audiocat January 31 2010, 22:14:34 UTC

Thank you very much for your help! But I already found the answer here http://community.livejournal.com/gaeilge/174984.html :)

gra_is_stor February 3 2010, 05:42:04 UTC

Ah, I see someone beat me to it, who did know more than me (who's singing, and lyrics). It is Scottish Gaelic. Whoever commented on the Gaeilge page that he thought it was Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) because of words like "agus" is silly -- those words are the same in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic. For listening, if you know either language, she pronounces the dipthong "ao" consistently more like English "oo" than "ee", which is Scottish as opposed to Irish, and she pronounces "mh" like English "v" not "w" even when broad. I also figured it must be Scottish, because I had a harder time understanding the words. :) I'm fluent in Irish (Gaeilge), but Scottish (Gàdhlig) really is different, even though similar.