Scottish Gaelic

/skˈɒtɪʃ ɡˈeɪlɪk/

/skˈɑːɾɪʃ ɡˈeɪlɪk/

[noun]

Scottish Gaelic

[NOUN]

a Celtic language spoken in Scotland, primarily in the Scottish Highlands

synonyms : Scots Gaelic

Examples

1. In Scotland, as of 2011, about 58,000 people could speak Scottish Gaelic.

2. Then there's Scottish Gaelic which has around 57,000 native speakers and around 87,000 people with some knowledge of the language, mainly in Scotland.

3. Scottish Gaelic is today considered definitely endangered by UNESCO world language project.

4. There's also a small Scottish Gaelic community of around 2,300 people in Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, in Canada.

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