Scottish Gaelic, also known as Gaidhlig and Gaelic, is a Goidelic-Celtic member of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 94,000 people. Most speakers are located in the North and central counties of Ross and the islands of Hebrides and Skye with smaller numbers in Australia, Canada and the United States.
Clì promotes the language and its main aim is to support learners. Has a searchable worldwide database of classes and many resource materials. www.cli.org.uk
Links to web pages related to Gaelic, with description. Also includes links to Scots language information. Part of the Rampant Scotland directory. www.rampantscotland.com/gaelic.htm
Information on Scottish Gaelic, with links. A page in the "Gateway to Scotland" site by the Geography Department at Edinburgh University. www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/gaelic.html
The Royal National Mod is Scotland's premier Gaelic festival of language, arts and culture and is held annually in October in Scotland. www.the-mod.co.uk
Comann nam Pàrant provides information on Gaelic medium education and the opportunity to communicate with parents on the message board and is bilingual. www.parant.org.uk
Resources for learners and speakers of Scottish Gaelic, including an online dictionary of expressions, riddles, research, names and surnames, and grammar. www.akerbeltz.org
A page of general information about the current status of the Gaelic language media, from the European Union funded Mercator Media service based at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Trilingual site (English, French, Welsh). www.aber.ac.uk/~merwww/english/lang/gaelic.htm
A non-profit organisation which supports the language and culture of Scottish Gaels in Australia. Members include native speakers and learners. Welcomes contact from anyone with an interest in these subjects. www.ozgaelic.org
An online collection, by the Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University, of papers and research reports. www.arts.ed.ac.uk/celtic/poileasaidh
College in the island of Skye, Scotland, providing university level education through the medium of Gaelic, and also Gaelic language short courses in the summer. Website has very extensive Gaelic language resources including the text of Carmichael's Carm www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/beurla
A Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) appointed by, and accountable to, Scottish Ministers. Bòrd na Gàidhlig (Alba) will be responsible for the overall direction and management of the National Plan for Gaelic. www.bord-na-gaidhlig.org.uk/english
The Gaelic section of Craig Cockburn's Scotland guide. Information about Gaelic and learning Gaelic for newcomers to the language. www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/gaelic.html
The Gaelic song and music section of Craig Cockburn's Scotland guide. This section covers Gaelic song and music, including bands, musical styles, traditional music and singing information www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/gaelicsong.html
The text of a book by Michael Newton, published in 1997. A resourceful analysis of the position of Scots Gaelic throughout its history and how, from being the language of the Scottish Court, it lost ground to such an extent that by the eighteenth centur www.rfs.scotshome.com
On the Linguae Celticae site by Kurt Duwe. These studies deal with local communities which were predominantly Gaelic-speaking at the end of the 19th century. Based mainly (but not exclusively) on local population census information the reports strive to www.linguae-celticae.org/GLS_english.htm
The Gaelic Society of Moscow is the Scottish Gaelic not-for-profit organisation in Russia. It studies Gaelic Scotland, its language, its people and its culture. www.gaelic.ru
The aims of the group are to promote, strengthen and develop the Gaelic language and culture in Lochaber. It provides Gaelic classes and works at community level to raise the profile of Gaelic in many of the events that take place in the area each year. www.lochabergaelic.org
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