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Parent topics

• Celtic languages [r]: Branch of the Indo-European languages, sometimes believed to have once been spoken throughout Europe, now confined to the British Isles and Brittany. [e]

Subtopics

• Phonology of Irish
• Syntax of Irish
• Orthography of Irish

Language family

• Celtic languages

Goidelic Celtic languages Closest relatives of Irish Scots Gaelic language [r]: Add brief definition or description Manx language [r]: Add brief definition or description

Brythonic Celtic languages Welsh language [r]: A Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Wales and Patagonia, Argentina. [e] Breton language [r]: Celtic language spoken in Brittany. [e] Cornish language [r]: Celtic language spoken in Cornwall (southwest Britain). [e]

Other related topics

• Ireland (state) [r]: Republic (population c. 4.2 million; capital Dublin) comprising about 85% of the Atlantic island of Ireland, west of Great Britain. [e]
• Northern Ireland [r]: Part of the United Kingdom comprising six of the nine counties of the Irish province of Ulster; population about 1,800,000. [e]
• Irish English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Linguistics

• Phonology [r]: In linguistics, the study of the system used to represent language, including sounds in spoken language and hand movements in sign language. [e]
• Syntax [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Syntax (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Orthography [r]: Art or study of correct spelling and grammar according to established usage. [e]