<P> In common with other Indo - European languages, the neologisms which are coined for modern concepts are typically based on Greek or Latin, although written in Gaelic orthography; "television", for instance, becomes telebhisean and "computer" becomes coimpiùtar . Although native speakers frequently use an English word for which there is a perfectly good Gaelic equivalent, they will, without thinking, simply adopt the English word and use it, applying the rules of Gaelic grammar, as the situation requires . With verbs, for instance, they will simply add the verbal suffix (- eadh, or, in Lewis, - igeadh, as in, "Tha mi a' watcheadh (Lewis, "watchigeadh") an telly" (I am watching the television), rather than "Tha mi a' coimhead air an telebhisean". This tendency was remarked upon by the minister who compiled the account covering the parish of Stornoway in the New Statistical Account of Scotland, published over 170 years ago . It has even gone so far as the verb Backdatigeadh . However, as Gaelic medium education grows in popularity, a newer generation of literate Gaels is becoming more familiar with modern Gaelic vocabulary . </P> <P> The influence of Scottish Gaelic can be seen particularly in surnames (notably Mac - names, where the mac means "Son of ...") and toponymy . The surname influence is not restricted to Mac - names: several colours give rise to common Scottish surnames: bàn (Bain--white), ruadh (Roy--red), dubh (Dow--black), donn (Dunn--brown), buidhe (Bowie--yellow), and Gille - (meaning lad or servant) gives rise to names such as Gilmour and Gillies . Common place name elements from Gaelic in Scotland include baile (Bal -, a town) e.g. Balerno, cille (Kil -, an old church) e.g. Kilmarnock, inbhir (Inver -, Inner -, meaning a confluence) e.g. Inverness, Innerleithen, ceann (Kin -, meaning a head or top of something) e.g. Kintyre, Kinross, and dun (meaning a fort) e.g. Dundee and Dunfermline . </P> <P> None of the Brittonic languages of Scotland survive to the modern day, though they have been reconstructed to a degree . </P> <P> The ancestral Common Brittonic language was likely spoken in southern Scotland in Roman times and earlier . It was certainly spoken there by the early medieval era, and Brittonic - speaking kingdoms such as Strathclyde, Rheged, and Gododdin, part of the Hen Ogledd ("Old North"), emerged in what is now Scotland . Eventually Brittonic evolved into a variety known as Cumbric, which survived in southwestern Scotland until around the 11th century . </P>

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