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Niven Jackson
Niven is a surname. It is derived from the Scottish Gaelic ''Mac Cnaimhin''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1941. Notable people *Archibald C. Niven, US politician * Alan Niven, rock n roll composer, producer and manager Guns n Roses, Great White, The Angels, Clarence Clemons etc *Bryan Niven, US artist *Charles Niven, Scottish mathematician *David Niven, British film actor and author * David Niven, Jr., British film actor *Derek Niven, Scottish footballer *Donald Niven Wheeler, accused Soviet spy * Frances Niven (1949-1997), South African climatologist and speleologist *George Niven, Scottish footballer *Ivan M. Niven, Canadian–American mathematician **Niven's constant, a mathematical constant ** Niven numbers, a mathematical concept **Niven's theorem ** 12513 Niven, asteroid named after Ivan M. Niven *James Niven, Scottish physician *Jennifer Niven, American novelist *Jimmy Niven, Scottish footballer *John Niven, Scottish writer *John Niven (footballer), Scottish footballer *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
