Irish language
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- noun
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irlandés
- At the festival, attendees can join Irish language workshops to improve their speaking skills.
Examples
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Many children in rural areas of Ireland are learning the Irish language as part of their school curriculum.
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Granted, there are plenty of CDs out there featuring songs in the Irish language, but many don't have lyrics in the liner notes.
Blog text (15) -
For example, there was the immediate tradition, the Irish tradition talked a little bit about the Irish language earlier on.
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In addition, the scholars and scribes who wrote the manuscripts often used an even earlier form of the Irish language, so translations can differ.
Academic text (2011) -
Festival highlights include lectures, slow air workshops, an Irish language course, recitals, sessions, and an evening cruise on Boston Harbor.
Fiction book (1999) -
In 1995, at a special folklore workshop devoted to the Great Irish Famine, an instructor of an adult Irish language revitalization program in Ireland began the discussion of relief by relating the following anecdote:
Academic text (2001) -
The famous columnist Fintan O'Toole echoed their sentiments by writing in The Irish Times that "the Irish language is a crucial part of our self-contempt" (1990: 10).
Academic text (2001) -
The Irish language is an essential aspect of cultural identity for many Irish families.
Synonyms
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A traditional language of Ireland, often called Irish
A traditional language spoken in Ireland
How Widely Spoken
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754
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the Celtic language of Ireland' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'Irish' (denoting origin/ethnicity) with 'language' (a system of speech), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This national/ethnic + language pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'idioma irlandés'), making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Irish language comes from the people called the Gaels, who long spoke a language called Gaeilge in Ireland. So, Irish language simply means 'the language of Ireland' and is the name for the native speech people in Ireland speak today.