Gaelicization

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Gaelicization or Gaelicisation is the act or process of making something Gaelic, or gaining characteristics of the Gaels. As "Gaelic" today is primarily a linguistic concept, this usually refers to Gaelic language, but can refer to the transmission of any Gaelic cultural feature.

Historically, this was a "natural" process, and was the famous fate of the Picts, many of the Hiberno-Normans and Scoto-Normans, and perhaps most famously of all, the people who became known as the Norse-Gaels. Today, Gaelicization is more often an artificial process, particularly present in Ireland, whereby placenames, surnames and given names are Gaelicized, or more often, re-Gaelicized, in order to prevent the further decline of the modern language.

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  • Ball, Martin J, & Fife, James, (eds.), The Celtic Languages (Routledge Language Family Descriptions Series), (2002)
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