Editing Scottish Gaelic (section)

==Name==
Aside from "Scottish Gaelic", the language may also be referred to simply as "Gaelic", pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|æ|l|ᵻ|k}} {{respell|GA|lik}} in [[English language|English]]. However, "Gaelic" {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|eɪ|l|ᵻ|k}} {{respell|GAY|lik}} also refers to the Irish language ({{lang|ga|Gaeilge}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Gaelic in English by Oxford Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Gaelic |website=Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=5 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818182046/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gaelic |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Manx language ({{lang|gv|Gaelg}}).

Scottish Gaelic is distinct from [[Scots language|Scots]], the [[Middle English]]-derived language which had come to be spoken in most of the [[Scottish Lowlands|Lowlands of Scotland]] by the early [[human history#Modern history|modern era]]. Prior to the 15th century, this language was known as {{lang|sco|Inglis}} ("English")<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/693/type/referance |title=1350–1450 Early Scots |first=Dauvit |last=Horsbroch |publisher=[[Scots Language Centre]] |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=26 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826033405/https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/693/type/referance |url-status=live }}</ref> by its own speakers, with Gaelic being called {{lang|sco|Scottis}} ("Scottish"). Beginning in the late 15th century, it became increasingly common for such speakers to refer to Scottish Gaelic as {{lang|sco|Erse}} ("Irish") and the Lowland vernacular as {{lang|sco|Scottis}}.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aKIKAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Scottis%20toung%22&pg=RA1-PA50 ''Transactions of the Philological Society''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416043227/https://books.google.com/books?id=aKIKAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Scottis%20toung%22&pg=RA1-PA50 |date=16 April 2023 }}, 1872, page 50</ref> Today, Scottish Gaelic is recognised as a separate language from Irish, so the word {{lang|sco|Erse}} in reference to Scottish Gaelic is no longer used.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McMahon |first1=Sean |title=Brewer's dictionary of Irish phrase & fable |date=2012 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |page=276 |location=London |isbn=9781849725927 }}</ref>