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Scottish Gaelic is quite similar to Irish, but has some important differences. The most obvious is that the accent, or fada, is written as a grave accent in Scottish Gaelic, as opposed to the acute accent of Irish. Some words have 'a' in Irish but 'u' in Scottish Gaelic, for instance cead/ceud "hundred". This is due to a spelling reform and standardisation which has taken place in Ireland under the auspices of the Irish government. Scottish Gaelic still uses the traditional uncial Gaelic orthography. Scottish, Manx and Irish Gaelic are all descended from Old Irish[?].
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