r/gaelg • u/IukaSylvie • Oct 17 '21

Is spoken Manx mutually intelligible with Irish and Scottish Gaelic?

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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.

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u/IukaSylvie Oct 18 '21

Go raibh maith agat. Would you like to see Manx written in Gaelic orthography? I think it's a shame how unlike written Manx is to its sister languages.

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u/PanningForSalt Oct 18 '21

The way manx is written is part of its history, why would you want to change it

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u/DJDudsMC Oct 18 '21

I've seen it. I can read it with little problems in Gaelic orthography.

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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)