The decline of our native tongue over the last 2 centuries, I find the maps rather than the reciting of statistics, gives a far better impression on the overall erosion of one of the biggest aspects of our culture, Irish itself.
Here’s the problem with the Irish language: it’s the way it’s being taught. In school, right now, there is too much of a focus on writing Irish, rather than speaking. Even in national schools they have a a focus on writing over speaking. This is useless, Latin is a language that is very much still written and is dead, and right now Irish is heading down that path. The focus needs to shift if the language wants to have a future.
jakobako on October 11st, 2019 at 17:49 UTC »
Wales has started reversing it, with funds applied in the right way, Ireland can too.
CROguys on October 11st, 2019 at 19:51 UTC »
What caused the language to deteriorate even further when Ireland achieved its independence ?
thenotsoamazingdaz on October 11st, 2019 at 21:20 UTC »
Here’s the problem with the Irish language: it’s the way it’s being taught. In school, right now, there is too much of a focus on writing Irish, rather than speaking. Even in national schools they have a a focus on writing over speaking. This is useless, Latin is a language that is very much still written and is dead, and right now Irish is heading down that path. The focus needs to shift if the language wants to have a future.