Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic, Scottish; Gaelic (Scots); Scottish Gaelic; Scotch-Gaelic; Gàidhlig; Gaelic; Scots Gaelic; Albannach Gaidhlig; Erse; Gadhelisch
Indo-European; Celtic; Goidelic
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2007
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Spoken in rural areas of the Western Isles (Lewis, Harris, North Uist, South Uist, Barra) and Skye, and a few locations in the rest of the Inner Isles and the Highland mainland (mainly Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, and Argyll counties). Scottish Gaelic is also spoken elsewhere in Scotland, and by some speakers in immigrant communities in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in Canada.
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Spoken in rural areas of the Western Isles (Lewis, Harris, North Uist, South Uist, Barra) and Skye, and a few locations in the rest of the Inner Isles and the Highland mainland (mainly Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, and Argyll counties). Scottish Gaelic is also spoken elsewhere in Scotland, and by some speakers in immigrant communities in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in Canada.
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There are 20,000 to 30,000 active users; more than 50,000 others claim knowledge of the language.
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58,700 in United Kingdom (2003 census). Population total all countries: 66,780.
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"Throughout the 20th century, the language has suffered from institutional neglect and its speakers from economic adversity, but provisions for Gaelic in education, the media, public life, and the arts have much improved since 1985. A language development authority and supportive legislation were introduced in 2003."
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- A Gaelic grammar: containing the parts of speech and the general principles of phonology and etymology, with a chapter on proper and place namesCalder, Georg. 1990. "A Gaelic Grammar: Containing the Parts of Speech and the General Principles of Phonology and Etymology, with a Chapter On Proper and Place Names." Gairm.
- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
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