Scots and English belong to the Germanic family of languages, not the Celtic family. The characters in the film speak Scottish English and some Scots. But Brave, like most Hollywood movies, lacks historical accuracy when it comes to language. The movie is set in ancient Celtic Scotland we know this because there are bears, which became extinct in Scotland well over a thousand years ago. To help you make sense of it, I’ll review the use of Gaelic in Brave from my perspective as both a linguistic anthropologist and a Gaelic speaker. The Scottish Gaelic language, a foundation of Scotland’s Celtic culture, appears here and there in the film. This also marked the first time the “Disney treatment” was given to Celtic culture.
When Disney and Pixar launched the computer-animated film Brave in June 2012, the film was praised for its strong flame-haired heroine and its lush landscapes inspired by the Scottish Highlands.
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