Language

Some Good News for Gaelic

Author / Creator: Mike Small

Media type: Article

Date published:

2.5% of people aged 3+ had some skills in Gaelic in 2022. This is an increase of 43,100 since 2011. The percentage of 3 to 15 year olds with Gaelic skills doubled from 1.3% to 2.9%.


A’ Dùsgadh na Gaoithe / Waking the Wind; Finding the Folklore of a Fragile Ecology

Author / Creator: Raghnaid Sandilands

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

Gaelic language and culture have intimate connections to the environment.


Strengthening policy and provision for Gaelic: the key challenges ahead

Author / Creator: Wilson McLeod

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The SNP’s manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election included an unusually specific set of undertakings concerning Gaelic.


A Three Voiced Country

Author / Creator: Mike Small

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"It’s certainly a positive thing to see Gaelic and Scots campaigners organising together, as Iain Crichton Smith says “Let our three voiced country sing in a new world”, but the appointment of a Minister for Scottish Languages would need to coincide with a Scottish Languages Bill with real bite, and with the clout of having a substantially increased budget to deliver from. We are welcoming pitches and organising commissions on how to do more than ‘protect’ Scots and Gaelic in the coming weeks.


Does the Future of Gaelic Lie in Young People’s Hands?

Author / Creator: RACHEL WHITFORD

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2023

"young people’s more favourable attitudes towards Gaelic is not accompanied by more widespread knowledge."


Consultation on The Scottish Government Commitments to Gaelic and Scots and a Scottish Languages Bill

Author / Creator: Misneachd

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2022

Misneachd is a grassroots campaign group fighting for the rights of Gaelic speakers and communities


Education - qualifications and assessment review: consultation - Gaelic

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Consultation paper

Date published: 2022

Gaelic translation of the consultation on the options for change as part of Professor Hayward's independent review of the future of qualifications and assessment


Scottish Government Commitments to Gaelic and Scots and a Scottish Languages Bill: consultation

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Consultation paper

Date published: 2022

Government proposals to support Gaelic and Scots languages


Aye or naw, whit dae ye hink? Scottish independence and linguistic identity on social media

Author / Creator: Philippa Shoemark

Media type: Academic Paper

Date published: 2017

Although Yes users generally express a stronger Scottish linguistic identity than No users, they are not choosing to express this identity strongly in political discourse aimed at a broad audience.