glinda: wee Amelia Pond from Dr Who, text 'chan eil mi Sassenach' which is gaelic for 'I'm not english' (gaelic Amy/not english)
glinda ([personal profile] glinda) wrote in [community profile] forkedtongues2012-01-01 01:41 pm

Linguistic History of Scotland

Found an interesting piece on the history and evolution of languages in Scotland (and to a lesser extent the rest of the Atlantic Archipeligo) which I thought might relevant to some people's interests. It's in several parts and not yet complete (they've got as far as 1400 now I think) but it seems to be updating fairly reguarly.
sally_maria: (Sherlock Watson)

[personal profile] sally_maria 2012-01-02 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you very much for the link, that was very interesting.
pauamma: Cartooney crab wearing hot pink and acid green facemask holding drink with straw (Default)

[personal profile] pauamma 2012-01-03 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
The whole divergent evolution of Celtic languages is a result of people not minding their p's and q's. *ducks*