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Gaelic , or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages ; Irish language .

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Gaelic Language spoken in parts of Ireland and Scotland. The two branches diverged in the 15th century and are mutually unintelligible. The Irish variety is one of the official languages of the Republic of Ireland. In Scotland, Gaelic has no official status. The number of speakers of both is diminishing.

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Gaelic a Celtic language spoken in the highlands and islands of western Scotland, brought from Ireland in the 5th and 6th centuries ad and now spoken by about 40,000 people; also (more fully Irish Gaelic) another term for the Irish language.
Gaelic League an association founded in 1893 to revive Irish language and culture.

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