Enya speaking Irish (Interview in 2016)

[@kaymuldoon3575]

She speaks slowly both in English and in Irish. Beautiful voice.

[@madjidhamdini1977]

ENYA simply ^^

[@Gaeilgeoir]

Some people like to speak carefully...

[@christophertudor4727]

Beautiful to listen to. I speak Welsh and there are very occasional similarities here and there, but Irish is quite distinct. Gorgeous and such a treat to my ears! Xx

[@69tomasito]

lol,,,does ur english royal family speek the welsh / celtic lingo

[@peteymax]

@@69tomasitoWhat a silly negative response to such a nice comment, que tonto

[@theenyaarchive]

so wonderful to hear enya speak in Irish Gaelic.

[@Gaeilgeoir]

*Irish*. Not Gaelic. Says so on all the books and courses. Gaelic is spoken in Scotland.

[@thedarkhugheshughes2640]

More of us need to speak our native language

[@Gaeilgeoir]

Tosaigh!

[@ianu02]

Hori da!

[@fabianalemos5090]

Linda 😍😍😍😍

[@maxscripten_ua9236]

The true hardcored Enya...

[@yucayuc1]

There is a sound in this language , only existing in Spanish (jota), Arabic and Dutch (g, ch) , as far as I know, and the English have a very hard time to pronounce .

[@Ψυχήμίασμα]

That same sound also exists in Greek, German, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Danish, Breton, Basque, Albanian, Aleut, Abaza, Bulgarian, Finnish, Estonian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Nepali, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Turkish, Vietnamese, and countless others. It actually exists in most major languages in the world. It's called the voiceless velar fricative and is rather commonly found in the world.

[@Ψυχήμίασμα]

@@Jess-737 I said most major languages.

[@silverkitty2503]

yeah but she aspirates it here ...that is how most native speakers do it ...if you listen to how she says anocht

[@WaltKurtz68]

Billy Connolly once said "Most people pronounce Vincent van Gogh wrong". He said "They say "van go" where they should say "van goff" . This always annoyed me, because the Scots are one of the few people that know and can pronounce that 'dry' 'CH' sound that is used in the name 'van GOGH' So a Scotsman would be expected to pronounce that name correctly. It's just like LOCH, just with a G instead of an L.

[@yucayuc1]

Van Gogh has 2 times g , that is ponounced lijk Loch ch in Scottish , so two times dry throat sound !

[@RedHair651]

Calling Irish “Gaelic” isn’t really a thing though. We just say “Irish”.

[@wheezycarl5625]

The title says "Irish Gaelic", not "Gaelic". However, Enya herself usually refers to Irish as "Gaelic", which might be because it's closer to how it is said in Irish. (Gaeilge, if I'm not mistaken.) Anyway, I do realize that it is most often called Irish, but I find that calling it Irish Gaelic is not entirely wrong either.

[@wheezycarl5625]

But you are right, hypothetically calling Irish just "Gaelic" might be a bit misleading for some people because, as I understand, Scottish Gaelic is usually referred to simply as Gaelic, which is not the case with Irish. Am I making sense? 😂

[@una877]

@@wheezycarl5625 nah, you're okay calling it Irish Gaelic on an international platform like KZbin, to avoid confusion for non-Irish people, especially since most of the world doesn't know that 'Irish' is a separate language and not just Hiberno English. Don't listen to the pedantry lol.

[@caitrionaweafer2993]

YES! GRMA. You wouldn't say English Germanic or Spanish Latin. It's Irish, not Irish Gaelic.

[@caitrionaweafer2993]

@@wheezycarl5625 It Gaelic is the way the word Gaeilge (Irish in Irish) is pronounced in the north. In English, it's Irish. Denying the name of country makes those who deny Ireland is Irish happy. Please don't do that.

[@caleguillory5451]

Enya is not one of those people who talk ninety to nothing.

[@korosuke1788]

2024 and there's people arguing about what is gaelic and what is not. Guys, you do realize that if you weren't fighting one another ALL THE TIME you wouldn't be speaking English in the first place? ffs guys. Grow up already!

[@BerntOveIhler]

,) '(

[@kingofcelts]

Disappointing in a way, she's hesitant now in how she speaks Irish..

[@ritapita1126]

@Lalealyn Enya has stated that she's most comfortable in singing and can express herself better in Gaelic/Irish

[@TheDaithioc]

Full interview anywhere?

[@wheezycarl5625]

@@TheDaithioc Link in the description

[@caitrionaweafer2993]

@@ritapita1126 Gaelic is Scottish.

[@caitrionaweafer2993]

She is fluent.

[@farryld8633]

This sounds like the Sims

[@silverkitty2503]

lol