Editing Goidelic languages (section)

==Nomenclature==
''Gaelic'', by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and therefore is ambiguous. [[Irish language|Irish]] and [[Manx language|Manx]] are sometimes referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages), but the use of the word ''Gaelic'' is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when used to denote languages, always refer to those languages.{{citation needed|reason=This is definitely not the case in non-English-language publications of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. It seems to be referring solely to colloquial English, but this is not clear, and a citation could be used to improve that.|date=March 2022}} This is in contrast to [[Scottish Gaelic]], for which "Gaelic" distinguishes the language from the [[Germanic languages|Germanic language]] known as [[Scots language|Scots]].{{citation needed|reason=This is only true when one carelessly refers to Scots variously as "Scotch" and "Scottish" and to Scottish Gaelic as "Scots" and "Scotch".|date=March 2022}}  In English, it is common to have distinct pronunciations of the word, with Scottish ''Gaelic'' pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|æ|l|ɪ|k}} compared to Irish and Manx ''Gaelic'' pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|eɪ|l|ɪ|k}}.

The [[endonym]]s ({{lang|ga|Gaeilge}}, {{lang|ga|Gaelic}} and {{lang|ga|Gaolainn}} in Irish, {{lang|gv|Gaelg}} in Manx and {{Lang|gd|Gàidhlig}} in Scottish Gaelic) are derived from [[Old Irish]] {{lang|sga|Goídelc}}, which in turn is derived from [[Old Welsh]] {{lang|owl|Guoidel}} meaning "wild men, savages".<ref>Koch, John. ''The Gododdin of Aneirin'', Celtic Studies Publications, 1997, p. xcvii, note 2</ref><ref>Koch, John (ed). ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia'', ABC-CLIO, 2006, p. 739</ref> The medieval mythology of the {{lang|ga|[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]}} places its origin in an eponymous ancestor of the [[Gaels]] and the inventor of the language, {{lang|ga|[[Goídel Glas]]|italic=no}}.