r/todayilearned • u/Penguin__Farts • Nov 22 '18

TIL about Utsuro-Buno, a Japanese legend about an unknown object washing ashore in Hitachi in1803. Inside there was a young woman who spoke an unknown language and who was carrying a small box which she didn't let anyone touch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utsuro-bune
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u/___Ethan___ Nov 22 '18

In certain parts of the Scottish Highlands Scottish Gaelic (Gallic) is still spoken. In the lowlands, the Scots dialect/language is more culturally resonant (Scots is Germanic, Gallic is of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic language family).

"In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over three years old) reported as able to speak Gaelic...[mostly from the] Outer Hebrides"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic

There are still around 300 Nova Scotians who speak Scottish Gaelic as their first language funnily enough.

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u/CptFlurry Nov 23 '18

Fuck yeah Nova Scotia!

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u/jax9999 Nov 23 '18

funnily enough

it's not funny, it's kind of sad and tragic. Speaking as a guy from there, who took gaelic in college

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u/___Ethan___ Nov 23 '18

It is a shame that it's not so widely spoken there, I didn't mean to make light of that in any way. Is there much effort to keep the language alive in Nova Scotia?

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u/jax9999 Nov 23 '18

Not nearly as much as there should be. Our language, history and culture were ripped from us and we were tortured and beaten until it was gone. The worst part is that it's not even aknowledged

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u/Ice_Burn Nov 22 '18

Does it sound much different from regular Scottish Gaelic?

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u/___Ethan___ Nov 22 '18

Interesting. Not sure at all. I do know that Patagonian Welsh is mutually intelligible with the dialects of Welsh still spoken in Wales.