Gaelic Language
Scotland’s Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Dramatic changes in Scottish society shown in 2022 census
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
Review of the Future of Qualifications and Assessment: Consultation on Options For Change
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Consultation paper
Date published: 2022
There is a need to reform qualifications and assessments.
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
Somersaulting out of a Cave of Gold: thoughts on the current and future condition of the Gàidhealtachd
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2022
In the case of Scottish Gàidheil, personal loneliness and social brokenness have been compounded by a complicating psychological factor. We have turned ourselves against spiritual, or Otherworld, forces that have power to support revitalisation of an indigenous lifeworld.