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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
gla 1
Speaker Count
70,000 1
2022 estimate, first- and second-language speakers in Scotland.
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1. Wikipedia: Scottish Gaelic
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Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gaidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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1. Wikipedia: Scottish Gaelic
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gla
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1. Wikipedia: Scottish Gaelic
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70,000 L1 and L2 speakers in Scotland (2022)
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1. Wikipedia: Scottish Gaelic
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Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: Goidelic (within Insular Celtic).
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