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Many personal names such as Iain (John), Malcolm, Duncan, Fiona and Morag all ultimately derive from the language too. | Many personal names such as Iain (John), Malcolm, Duncan, Fiona and Morag all ultimately derive from the language too. | ||
===Alphabet=== | ===Alphabet and pronunciation=== | ||
Though the | Though the Scottish Gaelic and English alphabets are very similar, each has some letters not used in the other. The letters j, k, q, v, w, y, x and z are not used in the Gaelic language except in some 'adopted' words. Gaelic also uses the grave accent above vowels, and until recently used the acute accent over some of them as well. | ||
Spelling is similar to Irish, although some combinations such as "ae" and "bhf" will not be found in modern Scottish Gaelic. Older documents will use a spelling more similar to Irish, or are often in English phonetics. | |||
==Scots language== | ==Scots language== | ||