languages:gaelic_in_scotland
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==== Language vitality according to: ==== | ==== Language vitality according to: ==== | ||
- | ^ [[http:// | + | ^ [[http:// |
- | | {{ : | + | | {{ : |
==== Linguistic aspects: ==== | ==== Linguistic aspects: ==== | ||
* Indo-European → Celitic. See [[http:// | * Indo-European → Celitic. See [[http:// | ||
+ | ==== Language standardization: | ||
===== Demographics ===== | ===== Demographics ===== | ||
==== Language Area ==== | ==== Language Area ==== | ||
- | {{:images: | + | {{https:// |
Gaelic is spoken mainly in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is a Celtic language closely related to [[languages: | Gaelic is spoken mainly in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is a Celtic language closely related to [[languages: | ||
+ | Map shows the proportion of respondents in the 2011 census aged 3 and above who stated that they can speak Scottish Gaelic. | ||
Map was created by [[https:// | Map was created by [[https:// | ||
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====== Language and education legislation ====== | ====== Language and education legislation ====== | ||
- | ===== A little history | + | ===== History of language education: |
- | + | Gaelic-medium primary education | |
- | The Gaelic | + | |
- | most areas of the country | + | |
- | there began a long period of attrition of the language and culture. | + | |
===== European legislation: | ===== European legislation: | ||
- | Scottish Gaelic is covered under [[general_information: | ||
- | Download the latest [[http:// | + | === The European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages=== |
- | ==Modified: 06-10-2016, 10:59== | + | Scottish Gaelic is covered under [[general_information: |
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+ | ===Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities=== | ||
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+ | The Gaelic language is also covered by the [[general_information: | ||
===== National legislation: | ===== National legislation: | ||
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
* names Gaelic an official language of Scotland; | * names Gaelic an official language of Scotland; | ||
* assigns to the [[http:// | * assigns to the [[http:// | ||
+ | * defines education: | ||
+ | * a) in the use and understanding of; | ||
+ | * b) about; or | ||
+ | * c) by means of the Gaelic language((Scottish Parliament. (2005). //Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.// Retrieved from [[http:// | ||
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====== Education in practice ====== | ====== Education in practice ====== | ||
- | According to the census from 2011, 2500 children will be learning Gaelic in 2012 and 2013, opposed to 24 children in 1985.[[Goalabre, Fabienne, ‘Immersion Education and the Revitalisation of Breton and Gaelic as Community Languages’, | + | According to the census from 2011, 2500 children will be learning Gaelic in 2012 and 2013, opposed to 24 children in 1985.((Goalabre, Fabienne, ‘Immersion Education and the Revitalisation of Breton and Gaelic as Community Languages’, |
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====== Learning resources and educational institutions ====== | ====== Learning resources and educational institutions ====== | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | ====== Mercator' | ||
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languages/gaelic_in_scotland.txt · Last modified: 2020/09/08 10:35 by ydwine