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Scottish Gaelic

vr.tr.scottish-gaelic · INF.MED

Let an agent explain Scottish Gaelic, relay history, dialects, status and revitalisation from linguistic and Scottish government sources, describe the named dialects including extinct and diaspora varieties, and distinguish Scottish Gaelic from Irish, Manx, Scots and Canadian Gaelic as a diaspora variety.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain Scottish Gaelic, relay history, dialects, status and revitalisation from linguistic and Scottish government sources, describe the named dialects including extinct and diaspora varieties, and distinguish Scottish Gaelic from Irish, Manx, Scots and Canadian Gaelic as a diaspora variety.

A Goidelic Celtic language of Scotland, historically spoken across much of the country and today concentrated in the Western Isles and Highlands, with tens of thousands of speakers recorded in recent censuses and official status under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, overseen by Bord na Gaidhlig; dialects the registry aliases name include Mid-Minch and Southern Hebridean dialects, Skye Gaelic, extinct east coast varieties such as Deeside Gaelic and the Arran dialect, and Canadian Gaelic in Nova Scotia, descended from 18th and 19th-century emigration; Gaelic-medium education supports revitalisation.

What it is for: Communication among its speakers.

It can be explain history and status; relay dialects and revitalisation; describe named dialects; distinguish related languages.

Distinguishing features

Goidelic Celtic

Western Isles stronghold

Official status in Scotland

Diaspora in Canada

What it looks like

Not a visible object; written in Latin script with grave accents.

Physical character

Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act: 2005 year

speakers: tens of thousands people - check latest Scottish census

ISO 639-3: gla code

Canadian Gaelic heartland: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia note

How it is recognised

Goidelic Celtic language of Scotland

Mid-Minch Gaelic, Deeside Gaelic, Arran Gaelic, Skye Gaelic, Southern Hebridean dialect group, Canadian Gaelic

Irish and Manx are related Goidelic languages; Scots is Germanic; Canadian Gaelic is a diaspora variety

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

Goidelic languages

is spoken in -

Scotland

is related to -

Irish

is contrasted with -

Scots language

In practice

Families and kinds

Hebridean dialects

mainland Highland dialects

extinct eastern and island dialects

Canadian Gaelic

standard written Gaelic

Identifiers

ISO 639-3 gla

Standards and regulation

Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005

Gaelic Orthographic Conventions

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing Gaelic and Scots

Stale speaker figures

Romanticising decline without data

Also called

Mid-Minch GaelicDeeside GaelicArran GaelicSkye GaelicSouthern Hebridean dialect groupCanadian GaelicGalwegian GaelicBeurla ReagairdEast Sutherland Gaelic

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What Scottish Gaelic is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is Scottish Gaelic, and how does it differ from Irish, Manx, Scots and Canadian Gaelic? definition
  2. Is the question about learning, dialects, history, education or policy? boundary

Dialects

Named dialects.

Dialects

Dialects.

  1. What are Mid-Minch, Southern Hebridean, Skye, Deeside, Arran and Canadian Gaelic? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
History History.

Sources.

Decline

Historical decline.

Decline

Decline.

  1. How did Gaelic retreat from eastern and southern Scotland, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Emigration

Emigration.

Emigration

Emigration.

  1. How did Highland emigration take Gaelic to Nova Scotia? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Revival Status and revitalisation.

Regulation.

Law

Legal status.

Law

Law.

  1. What does the 2005 Act and national Gaelic plan provide? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Bord na Gaidhlig? action

Education

Gaelic-medium education.

Education

Education.

  1. How does Gaelic-medium education work, and what does research say about outcomes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Gaelic-medium education? action
Context Culture.

Context.

Culture

Song and literature.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What are Gaelic song traditions such as waulking songs and the Mod? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Royal National Mod? action

Media

Media.

Media

Media.

  1. What Gaelic media exist, such as BBC Alba? provenance
  2. Which entry fits BBC Alba? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should Canadian Gaelic be a separate entry?
  • How should census and Bord na Gaidhlig sources be linked?
  • Should extinct dialects be separate entries?