Scottish Gaelic
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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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
is spoken in -
is related to -
is contrasted with -
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
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.
- What is Scottish Gaelic, and how does it differ from Irish, Manx, Scots and Canadian Gaelic? definition
- Is the question about learning, dialects, history, education or policy? boundary
Dialects
Named dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are Mid-Minch, Southern Hebridean, Skye, Deeside, Arran and Canadian Gaelic? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
History History.
Sources.
Decline
Historical decline.
Decline
Decline.
- How did Gaelic retreat from eastern and southern Scotland, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Emigration
Emigration.
Emigration
Emigration.
- How did Highland emigration take Gaelic to Nova Scotia? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Revival Status and revitalisation.
Regulation.
Law
Legal status.
Law
Law.
- What does the 2005 Act and national Gaelic plan provide? provenance
- Which entry fits Bord na Gaidhlig? action
Education
Gaelic-medium education.
Education
Education.
- How does Gaelic-medium education work, and what does research say about outcomes? provenance
- Which entry fits Gaelic-medium education? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Culture
Song and literature.
Culture
Culture.
- What are Gaelic song traditions such as waulking songs and the Mod? provenance
- Which entry fits Royal National Mod? action
Media
Media.
Media
Media.
- What Gaelic media exist, such as BBC Alba? provenance
- 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?