Is Galician the same as Gaelic?

Galician is the language spoken in the Galicia region of Spain. It's closely related to Portuguese. Gaelic is no longer spoken in Galicia, but Galicians have a Celtic heritage… and Galician has some Gaelic root words. Gaelic is an English word for any of three languages which form one half of the Celtic language family group. These three Gaelic languages are . Irish Gaelic Gaeilge . Manx Gaelic Gailck . Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig . These three languages are spoken in Ireland, Man and Scotland. The Gaels are the peoples who speak these languages or did so in the past. Gaelic was in danger of being exterminated in many of the traditional Gaelic speaking areas, but now a Gaelic renaissance has slowed this trend if not yet reversed it. (MORE)