Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.

The Western Isles is the council area with the most Gaelic speakers in Scotland Gaelic and Scots have now been recognised as official languages as part of a range of new measures coming into force on ...

The UK’s primary language is of course English, and has been for many hundreds of years. The tongue has evolved as many different peoples, such as the Romans, Angles, Vikings and Normans, made the ...

Scotland’s first-ever Gaelic Poetry Path has been launched on the Isle of Skye. Slighe nam Bàrd will provide a poetic pathway around the island, aiming to introduce local, national, and international ...

Throughout history, populations have shifted and changed, emigrating around the world for a wide variety of reasons. For example, many North Americans will identify as Scottish, Irish, or European ...

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Gaelic and Scots have now been recognised as official languages as part of a range of new measures coming into force on St Andrew's Day. The Scottish Languages Act, which MSPs voted through in June, ...