Learn Scottish GaelicGàidhlig
Scottish Gaelic is in the blas. app now. The same app that teaches the Celtic languages with mutation drilling, structured grammar, and spaced repetition now teaches Gàidhlig.
Start learning Scottish Gaelic today
The Gàidhlig course is live in the blas. app for iOS and Android: mutation drilling, grammar, reading, and spaced repetition. Free to start.
About the language
Around 57,000 speakers, mainly in the Highlands and Western Isles, with growing communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is one of the three living Goidelic Celtic languages, alongside Irish (Gaeilge) and Manx (Gaelg). It diverged from a common ancestor with Irish between the 13th and 15th centuries, so the two share much grammar and core vocabulary while differing in pronunciation and idiom.
Like Irish, Scottish Gaelic uses initial consonant mutation (lenition), verb-first word order, and a copula distinct from the ordinary verb "to be". Unlike Irish, it has standardised on a single national orthography, which makes the written language consistent across dialects.
A taste of Gàidhlig
Am Mòd
The Mòd
The annual national festival of Gaelic
Sona Mòd
Happy Mòd!
A common greeting during the festival
What the course covers
- Grammar lessons covering lenition, the copula, prepositional pronouns, and verb forms
- Vocabulary drilling with spaced repetition, organised by theme and frequency
- Reading passages graded by CEFR level
- Mutation practice covering every trigger and pattern
- Conversation prompts from A1 upward
- Progress tracking that adapts to your weak spots
The Scottish Gaelic course includes
12,000+
Vocabulary entries
900+
Verb conjugation sets
7,000+
Example sentences
120+
Reading passages