Languages of the United Kingdom facts for kids
Languages of the United Kingdom include:
- Scottish Gaelic - the Gaelic language spoken in Scotland and Canada.
- Scots - is a Anglic language idiom spoken in parts of Scotland and Ireland.
- British English - the group of dialects of the English language currently used in United Kingdom
- Welsh language - the Brythonic language spoken in Wales and Argentina.
- Irish Gaelic - the Gaelic (language) spoken in Ireland
- Cornish language - the Brittonic language spoken in Cornwall
- Manx Gaelic - the Gaelic-language spoken in Isle of Man
- Ulster Scots - the dialects of the Scots spoken in the Northern Ireland
- English language - the English language spoken worldwide
- Ulster Irish - the dialects of the Irish Gaelic spoken in the Northern Ireland
- Irish English - the dialects of the English language spoken in the Ireland
- Ulster English - the dialects of the Irish English and British English spoken in the Northern Ireland
- Welsh English - the group of dialects of the British English currently used in Wales
- Scottish English - the group of dialects of the British English currently used in Scotland
- Manx English - the group of dialects of the English language currently used in Isle of Man
- Cornish English - the group of dialects of the British English currently used in Cornwall
- English English - the group of dialects of the British English currently used in England
Images for kids
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Street sign in Ballywalter, Northern Ireland, in English and Ulster Scots.
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Bilingual sign (Scottish Gaelic and English) at Partick railway station, Glasgow
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Bilingual sign (Irish and English) in Newry
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'Brick Lane' street sign in English and Bengali, Tower Hamlets, London
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Sign in English and Punjabi at Southall railway station, Southall, London
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Bilingual street signs in Chinatown, Liverpool, Merseyside
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Ulster-Scots
See also
In Spanish: Lenguas del Reino Unido para niños
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