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Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. [5] [6] In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over three years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer ...
There are also many Brittonic influences on Scottish Gaelic. ... 1,541,693 people can speak Scots in Scotland, approximately 30% of the population. [2]
The 2011 census of Scotland showed that a total of 57,375 people (1.1% 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 1,275 Gaelic speakers from 2001.
This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by the number of Scottish Gaelic speakers. Rank Council area Speakers Population Percentage(%) 1: Na h-Eileanan Siar:
Canadian Gaelic dialects of Scottish Gaelic are still spoken by Gaels in parts of Atlantic Canada, primarily on Cape Breton Island and nearby areas of Nova Scotia. In 2011, there were 1,275 Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia, [20] and 300 residents of the province considered a Gaelic language their "mother tongue." [21]
These are: the Goidelic languages (Irish and Scottish Gaelic, both descended from Middle Irish) and the Brittonic languages (Welsh and Breton, descended from Common Brittonic). [4] The other two, Cornish (Brittonic) and Manx (Goidelic), died out in modern times [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] with their presumed last native speakers in 1777 and 1974 ...
There are about 2,000 Scottish Gaelic speakers in Canada (Canadian Gaelic dialect), although many are elderly and concentrated in Nova Scotia and more specifically Cape Breton Island. [58] According to the U.S. Census in 2000, [ 3 ] there are more than 25,000 Irish-speakers in the United States, with the majority found in urban areas with large ...
Some people in the north and west of mainland Scotland and most people in the Hebrides still speak Scottish Gaelic, but the language has been in decline. There are now believed to be approximately 60,000 native speakers of Scottish Gaelic in Scotland, plus around 1,000 speakers of the Canadian Gaelic dialect in Nova Scotia.