Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural language benefit you?

Re:Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural l... by Y_Y on Monday November 14, 2016 @12:15PM (#12951344)

I've watched a couple of programmes on BBC Alba, and understood a good bit. It was somewhat like hearing Dutch as a German speaker, except maybe easier.

There has been talk of an "Idir-Ghaeilge" reunified language. The Irish online magazine Nós had a nice article on this recently http://nos.ie/gniomhaiochas/teanga/idir-ghaeilge/ (in Irish).

Could become a reality in the unlikely but beautiful event of a post-Brexit Scotland uniting with Ireland in the "Celtic Union".

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Re:Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural l... by luxpir on Monday November 14, 2016 @01:44PM (#12952172)

Thanks, that's really cool. I'll try to make head or tails of the article and look a bit more into the reunification. If that could be carried off, interest levels in the language(s) would potentially rocket.

The example I thought of for mutual-intelligibility btw was Swedish/Norwegian/Danish - but perhaps it's not that close? With Swedish as a third language I can still understand most Norwegian TV in general use or those subject areas I'm more familiar with.

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