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Gaelic Key Facts
Gàidhlig
| Scottish Gaelic (Scots Gaelic, Gaelic) | |
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| Pronunciation | [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] |
| Native to | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Region | Scotland; Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia |
| Ethnicity | Scottish people |
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Native speakers
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57,000 fluent L1 and L2 speakers in Scotland (2011) 87,000 people in Scotland reported having some Gaelic language ability in 2011; 1,300 fluent in Nova Scotia |
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Language family
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Indo-European
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Early forms
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Primitive Irish
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Writing system
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Scottish Gaelic orthography (Latin script) |
| Official status | |
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Recognised minority
language in |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | gd |
| ISO 639-2 | gla |
| ISO 639-3 | gla |
| Glottolog | scot1245 |
| Linguasphere | 50-AAA |
2011 distribution of Gaelic speakers in Scotland
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