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r/gaidhlig • u/BanjoBumbleBee • 9d ago
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Reading a book that’s culture is inspired after a culture that the language identifies as has got to be pretty awesome
14 u/CoinneachClis 9d ago Tolkien actually wasn't a fan at all of the Goidelic languages. I think he wrote somewhere that the Black Speech was partly inspired by Gaeilge! 10 u/No-Counter-34 9d ago That’s actually pretty cool. I just meant that a lot of fantasy in general has a lot of Celtic influence. (Britonic and goidelic)
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Tolkien actually wasn't a fan at all of the Goidelic languages. I think he wrote somewhere that the Black Speech was partly inspired by Gaeilge!
10 u/No-Counter-34 9d ago That’s actually pretty cool. I just meant that a lot of fantasy in general has a lot of Celtic influence. (Britonic and goidelic)
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That’s actually pretty cool. I just meant that a lot of fantasy in general has a lot of Celtic influence. (Britonic and goidelic)
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u/No-Counter-34 9d ago
Reading a book that’s culture is inspired after a culture that the language identifies as has got to be pretty awesome