Erse and Gaelic

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Erse noun - Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.

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Gaelic and Erse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gaelic" instead a noun "Erse".

Gaelic noun - Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.

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Erse and Gaelic are semantically related. You can use "Erse" instead a noun "Gaelic".

Nearby Word: gael

Over time however they started to refer to their language as "Scots" and referred to Scottish Gaelic as "Erse" (Irish) in an attempt to make the language seem more foreign to Scotland.

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