Experts from the Council of Europe have urged authorities to strengthen the teaching of Gaelic and Scots in a new report. The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages report is based ...

The study, which saw experts travel to Scotland to interview Gaelic and Scots speakers, was published by the Council of Europe Speakers of Scots experience “intolerance, threats and hate speech ...

The Western Isles is the council area with the most Gaelic speakers in Scotland Scottish local authorities could get new powers to promote Gaelic The Scottish government is expected to publish a ...

Between 2004 and 2005 Discovery Channel aired a series of short video clips, co-produced with the UN, which focus on endangered communities living in different regions of the world. The languages of ...

highlighting issues surrounding the public perception of a connection between Scottish Gaelic and the independence movement ...

The Scots were slaughtered with many of the Scottish nobility killed. James was one of that number. As a final side note, James was the last King of Scots to speak Gaelic.

Volunteer Martainn Mac A'Bhaillidh hopes users will move on to use other resources in Gaelic More than 20,000 people have signed up to learn Scottish Gaelic on a free online learning app which ...

The spread of Gaelic signs across Scotland is “offensive”, Andrew Marr has said. The veteran broadcaster argued it was “ridiculous” that bilingual signs had been erected across parts of ...

The Scottish Languages Bill as presented in the Scottish Parliament last November requires radical revision if it is to have a positive effect on Gaelic communities. The Bill, as it stands, now ...

Malcolm III, otherwise known as Malcolm Canmore (or big head as it translates from Gaelic), has been referred to as the founding father of modern Scotland. In truth, this is far from the case.

VETERAN broadcaster Andrew Marr claimed it is “offensive” to put Gaelic names on signs in parts of Scotland “which have never been Gaelic”. The Scot and former BBC top interviewer made the ...

Scotland’s largest loch (Scots Gaelic for ‘lake’) by volume, Loch Ness stretches 23 miles/37 km from ... I was lucky enough to attend this with my grandma back as a wee lass. Still one of my favorite ...