Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Scottish Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig; [ˈkaːlikʲ] About this sound listen ), sometimes also called Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus is ultimately descended from Old Irish.The 2001 census of Scotland showed that a total of 58,652 (1.2% of the Scottish population aged over three years old) in Scotland could speak Gaelic at that time, with the Outer Hebrides being the main stronghold of the language. The census results indicate a decline of 7,300 Gaelic speakers from 1991. Despite this decline, revival efforts exist and the number of younger speakers of the language has increased.Scottish Gaelic is not an official language of the European Union nor the United Kingdom. (The only language that is de jure official in any part of the UK is Welsh.) However, it is classed as an Indigenous language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which the British government has ratified. In addition, the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 gave official recognition to the language and established an official language development body, Bòrd na Gàidhlig.Outside of Scotland, dialects of the language known as Canadian Gaelic exist in Canada on Cape Breton Island, Glengarry County in present-day Eastern Ontario and isolated areas of the Nova Scotia mainland. In 2011, there were 2,320 in Canada in total; with the highest numbers in Ontario (940), British Columbia (535), Nova Scotia (300) and Alberta (250), 225 of which reported Gaelic as a language spoken at home.. }
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- Scottish_Gaelic abstract "Scottish Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig; [ˈkaːlikʲ] About this sound listen ), sometimes also called Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus is ultimately descended from Old Irish.The 2001 census of Scotland showed that a total of 58,652 (1.2% of the Scottish population aged over three years old) in Scotland could speak Gaelic at that time, with the Outer Hebrides being the main stronghold of the language. The census results indicate a decline of 7,300 Gaelic speakers from 1991. Despite this decline, revival efforts exist and the number of younger speakers of the language has increased.Scottish Gaelic is not an official language of the European Union nor the United Kingdom. (The only language that is de jure official in any part of the UK is Welsh.) However, it is classed as an Indigenous language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which the British government has ratified. In addition, the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 gave official recognition to the language and established an official language development body, Bòrd na Gàidhlig.Outside of Scotland, dialects of the language known as Canadian Gaelic exist in Canada on Cape Breton Island, Glengarry County in present-day Eastern Ontario and isolated areas of the Nova Scotia mainland. In 2011, there were 2,320 in Canada in total; with the highest numbers in Ontario (940), British Columbia (535), Nova Scotia (300) and Alberta (250), 225 of which reported Gaelic as a language spoken at home.".