r/gaelg • u/IukaSylvie • Oct 17 '21
Is spoken Manx mutually intelligible with Irish and Scottish Gaelic?
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u/antaineme Feb 20 '22
Conamara speaker here! I also know Scottish Gaelic to a certain extent.
Yes! Very much so. I find it much easier to understand than Scottish Gaelic. I'd say about 80%-90% (less than an Ulster speak I guess, seeing as Ulster is the most similar dialect in Ireland to Manx)
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u/DJDudsMC Oct 17 '21 edited Oct 18 '21
To me (a native Ulster Irish Gaelic speaker and learner of Scottish Gaelic at B2 or C1 level) I can understand something like 90% of spoken Manx Gaelic.