Editing Scottish Gaelic (section)

=== Neologisms ===
In common with other [[Indo-European languages]], the [[neologism]]s coined for modern concepts are typically based on [[Greek language|Greek]] or [[Latin]], although often coming through English; ''television'', for instance, becomes {{lang|gd|telebhisean}} and ''computer'' becomes {{lang|gd|coimpiùtar}}. Some speakers use an English word even if there is a Gaelic equivalent, applying the rules of Gaelic grammar. With verbs, for instance, they will simply add the verbal suffix ({{lang|gd|-eadh}}, or, in [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]], {{lang|gd|-igeadh}}, as in, "{{lang|gd|Tha mi a'}} watch {{lang|gd|eadh}} (Lewis, "watch {{lang|gd|igeadh}}") {{lang|gd|an}} telly" (I am watching the television), instead of "{{lang|gd|Tha mi a' coimhead air an telebhisean}}". This phenomenon was described over 170 years ago, by the minister who compiled the account covering the parish of [[Stornoway]] in the ''New Statistical Account of Scotland'', and examples can be found dating to the eighteenth century.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair|title=Smeòrach Chlann Raghnaill|url=http://www.moidart.org.uk/datasets/gbarramcma/about.htm|website=www.moidart.org.uk|publisher=Archaeology Archive Moidart History|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011125130/http://www.moidart.org.uk/datasets/gbarramcma/about.htm|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> However, as Gaelic medium education grows in popularity, a newer generation of literate Gaels has become more familiar with modern Gaelic vocabulary.{{cn|date=April 2017}}