“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”

Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam - A country without a language is a country without a soul, pictiúr - Jiri Hanusek, Caisleán an Rois, Cill Airne

“A country without a language is a country without a soul”

Explanation of “Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”:

Language carries a country’s history, stories, music, and way of thinking.

Without its own language, a country can feel empty or forgotten.

If a country loses its language, it loses an important part of who it is.

Word for word break down of the seanfhocal

Tír [country]; gan [without]; teanga [language]; tír [counrty]; gan [without]; anam [soul];

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