Scottish Gaelic, also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2022 estimate, first- and second-language speakers in Scotland. RegionScotland; Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 2 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Scottish Gaelic
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1. Glottolog: Scottish Gaelic (Glottolog languoid scot1245)
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2. Wikipedia: Scottish Gaelic
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Scottish Gaelic ( GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
70,000 L1 and L2 speakers in Scotland (2022)
Lead section, first sentence
is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.
Infobox, Region
Scotland; Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Lead section, official status
With the passing of the Scottish Languages Act 2025, Gaelic, alongside Scots, became an official language of Scotland.
In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: Goidelic (within Insular Celtic).
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