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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

20,000-30,000

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Year of info

2007

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Scotland

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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.

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

58,552

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2010

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58.1011,-6.7675

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

66,780

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58,700 in United Kingdom (2003 census). Population total all countries: 66,780.

Year of info

2009

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USA; Australia; Canada; United Kingdom;

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

59,000

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2006

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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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2005

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57.0,-4.0

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Vulnerable

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62,175

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  1. East Sutherland Gaelic
    Dorian, N. C. 1978. "East Sutherland Gaelic." Institute for Advanced Studies.
  2. Scottish Gaelic today: social history and contemporary status
  3. A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
    Maclennan, Malcolm. 1979. "A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language." The University Press Aberdeen.
  4. Gaelic
    Mackinnon, Roderick. 1971. "Gaelic." Hodder and Stoughton.
  5. Teach yourself Gaelic
    Mackinnon, Roderick. 1977. "Teach Yourself Gaelic." Hodder and Stoughton.
  6. A Gaelic Grammar
    Calder, George. 1980. "A Gaelic Grammar." Gairm Publications.
  7. A Gaelic grammar: containing the parts of speech and the general principles of phonology and etymology, with a chapter on proper and place names
    Calder, 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.
  8. The Scottish Gaelic Language
    Macaulay, Donald. 1992. "The Scottish Gaelic Language." In The Celtic Languages, edited by Donald Macaulay. 137-248. Cambridge University Press.
  9. A Gaelic Grammar
    Calder, George. 1923. "A Gaelic Grammar." Gairm Publications.
  10. Scottish Gaelic
    Gillies, W. 1993. "Scottish Gaelic." In The Celtic Languages, edited by M. J. Ball. 145-227. Routledge.
  11. 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
    2012. "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."
  12. The Survey of Scottish Gaelic in Australia and New Zealand
    St John Skilton. The Survey of Scottish Gaelic in Australia and New Zealand. PhD thesis, Université de Fribourg, 2004.
  13. Scottish Gaelic
    Lamb, William. 2001. "Scottish Gaelic." 401: München: Lincom.
  14. Scots Gaelic
    K. MacKinnon. 2006. "Scots Gaelic." In Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, edited by Keith Brown. 11: 36-38. Boston: Elsevier.
  15. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  16. Europe and North Asia
    Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
  17. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  18. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, 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
  19. 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/