Scottish Gaelic

Gàidhlig

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Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Old Irish. The 2001 UK Census showed that a total of 58,652 (1.2% of the Scottish population aged over three years old) in Scotland could speak Gaelic at that time, with the Outer Hebrides being the main stronghold of the language. The census results indicate a decline of 7,300 Gaelic speakers from 1991. Despite this decline, revival efforts exist and the number of younger speakers of the language has increased. Scottish Gaelic is not an official language of the European Union, nor of the United Kingdom. (The only language that is de jure official in any part of the UK is Welsh. ) However, it is classed as an autochthonous language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which the British government has ratified. In addition, the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 gave official recognition to the language and established an official language development body, Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Outside of Scotland, dialects of the language known as Canadian Gaelic exist in Canada on Cape Breton Island, Glengarry County in present-day Eastern Ontario and other isolated areas of the Nova Scotia mainland. The number of present day speakers in Cape Breton is around 2,000, amounting to 1.3% of the population of Cape Breton Island.
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Names (more)

[af] Skotse Gallies
[am] እስኮትስ ጌልክኛ
[ar] الغيلية الأسكتلندية
[az] skot gaelik dili
[be] шатландская гэльская
[bn] স্কটস-গ্যেলিক
[bs] škotski galski
[br] skoseg
[bg] шотландски галски
[ca] gaèlic escocès
[cs] skotská gaelština
[cy] Gaeleg yr Alban
[da] skotsk gælisk
[de] Kanadisch-Gälische Sprache
[el] Σκωτικά Κελτικά
[en] Canadian Gaelic
[eo] gaela
[et] gaeli
[eu] eskoziako gaelikoa
[ee] skɔtlanɖ gaeliagbe
[fo] skotskt gæliskt
[fa] گیلی اسکاتلندی
[fi] Kanadangaeli
[fr] Gaélique canadien
[gd] Gàidhlig
[ga] Gaeilge Cheanada
[gl] gaélico escocés
[gv] Gaelg Chanadagh
[gu] સ્કોટ્સ ગેલિક
[ha] K'abilan Scots Gaelic
[he] גאלית סקוטית
[hi] स्काट्स् गायेलिक्
[hr] škotski-galski
[hu] skót gael
[hy] Գաելյան Շոտլանդերեն
[ia] scoto gaelic
[id] Gaelik Skotlandia
[is] skosk gelíska
[it] Lingua gaelica canadese
[ja] スコットランド・ゲール語
[kn] ಸ್ಕಾಟಿಶ್ ಗ್ಯಾಲಿಕ್
[ks] سکوٹِش گیےلِک
[ka] შოტლანდიურ-გალური
[kk] Солтүстік Шотландия
[km] ភាសាហ្កែលិគ [gd]
[rw] Ikigaluwa cy'Igisweduwa
[ko] 스코틀랜드 게일어
[lo] ສະກັອດເກລິກ
[lv] gēlu
[lt] škotų (gėlų)
[ml] സ്കോട്ടിഷ് ഗൈലിക്
[mr] स्कॉट्स गेलिक
[mk] шкотско галски
[mt] Galliku Skoċċiż
[ne] स्कट्स गाएलिक
[nl] Schots Gaelic
[nn] skotsk-gælisk
[nb] skotsk gælisk
[no] Kanadisk gælisk
[or] ସ୍କଟିସ୍ ଗାଏଲିକ୍
[om] Scots Gaelic
[pl] szkocki gaelicki
[pt] gaélico escocês
[ps] سکاټلېنډي ګېلک
[rm] gaelic scot
[ro] gaelică scoțiană
[ru] гэльский
[sk] škótska gaelčina
[sl] škotska gelščina
[so] Iskot Giilik
[st] Se-scots gaelic
[es] gaélico escocés
[sq] Galisht
[sr] Шкотски Галски
[sv] Kanadensisk gäliska
[ta] ஸ்காட்ஸ் கேலிக்
[te] స్కాటిష్ గేలిక్
[tg] Шотландӣ-Галикӣ
[th] สกอตส์กาลิก
[ti] እስኮትስ ጌልክኛ
[to] lea fakakaeliki
[tn] Scots Gaelic
[tr] İskoç Gal Dili
[uk] гаельська
[ur] سکاٹ گیلِک
[vi] Tiếng Xentơ (Xcốt len)
[xh] Scots Gaelic
[yo] Èdè Gaelik ti Ilu Scotland
[zh] 加拿大苏格兰盖尔语
[zu] i-Scottish Gaelic

Language type : Living

Language resources for Scottish Gaelic

Open Languages Archives

Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia
Scottish Gaelic Wiktionary
Wiktionary - Category:Scottish Gaelic language [en]
Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:gaélique écossais [fr]

Freelang Dictionary [en]
Dictionnaire Freelang [fr]
Omniglot encyclopedia [en]
Lexilogos Dictionaries [en]
Dictionnaires Lexilogos [fr]

Technical notes

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Following BCP 47 the recommended tag for this language is gd.

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-1 : gd
ISO 639-2B : gla
ISO 639-2T : gla
ISO 639-3 : gla

Linked Data URIs

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http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:gla
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-1/gd
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gla

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