In Irish it's "an Bhreatain Bheag"
In Scottish it's "a' Chuimrigh".
It is A' Chuimrigh.
Wales has its own language which is Welsh, which is still the mother tongue in some areas of Wales. Scotland has its own language which is Scots Gaelic, spoken as the mother tongue in the Highlands and Islands. Although a percentage of both countries speak their own language almost everyone of the native peoples also speaks English. Northern Ireland has now a growing ulster Scots community which have their own dialect very different from scotch Gaelic or Irish Gaelic.
Irish: seanmháthair (shanwauhir) Scots Gaelic: seanmhair (shenevur) Welsh: nain ('nine') north Wales; mam-gu (mamgee) south Wales
Irish: seanmháthair (shanwauhir) Scots Gaelic: seanmhair (shenevur) Welsh: nain ('nine') north Wales; mam-gu (mamgee) south Wales
AnswerThe Celts originated somewhere in France and the different languages sprung from their language. Gaeilge is what is spoken in Ireland, Scots Gaelic is spoken in Scotland and Welsh is spoken in Wales.
There's actually no such language as "Celtic". Celtic refers to a group of dozens of languages, six of which are spoken today (along with their locations):Breton (England)Cornish (England)Irish Gaelic (Ireland)Manx (England)Scottish Gaelic (Scotland)Welsh (Wales)
It refers to the Celtic cultures of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, but not the Celtic cultures of Wales, Brittany and Cornwall.
The United Kingdom does not have an official language, but de facto it is English. In Wales, Welsh and English are legally equal, and in Scotland, Gaelic is also equal to English. The United Kingdom recognizes Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Irish, Scots and Ulster Scots as minority languages. So no, the UK is not monolingual.
The official language spoken in the UK is English. Additionally, some regions in the UK have their own regional languages like Welsh in Wales and Scottish Gaelic in Scotland.
Gaelic (referred to as Irish in Ireland), is spoken by a small minority in Northern Ireland. Gaelic (pronounced Gah-lick in Scotland) is spoken by some people, mostly in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland, and Welsh is spoken in Wales, mostly in the North and rural areas.
It may be Celtic but not Gaelic, it's more like Welsh. The River Usk in Wales (Afon Wysg), latinized as Isca, is thought to be derived from a word for 'water/river' or possibly 'abounding in fish'.
The Taaffes were from Wales (the name comes from David) and came to Ireland after the Norman invasion. In Irish Gaelic they were called Táth.