Bella Caledonia – Ghetto na Gàidhlig

Is fheàrr Gàidhlig bhriste na Gàidhlig anns a’ chiste! “Broken Gaelic is better than Gaelic in a coffin!” When people hear I speak Scottish Gàidhlig, they usually want to listen to how it sounds; its throaty ch sound found in the word loch that English mostly steers clear of, like clearing a whisper from your throat rather than a

SRADAGAN SAN IARMAILT / SPARKS IN THE FIRMAMENT Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach / A New Generation Of Gaelic Poets Francis Boutle Publishers announces the publication of Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament, a major new anthology bringing together the foremost Gaelic poets to have emerged since the turn of the millennium. This wide-ranging

The Scottish Languages Act passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week is the most important language legislation for Gaelic in twenty years and the first ever for the Scots language. The Act is a complex, incrementalist measure that authorises a range of legal mechanisms, strategies, standards, regulations and guidance documents concerning language development and

Scottish Gaelic, spoken by roughly 60,000 people today, is poised for a technological transformation thanks to the ÈIST project, led by the University of Edinburgh. ÈIST [eːʃtʲ] (‘ayshch’) is short for Ecosystem for Interactive Speech Technologies, and means ‘listen’ in Gaelic. The project is funded by the Scottish Government and Bòrd na Gàidhlig, with key partners including the BBC ALBA, NVIDIA, the University

Inagural lecture by Will Lamb, Professor of Gaelic Ethnology and Linguistics at Edinburgh University … | Watch video here.

Apparently, Andrew Marr finds the Gaelic on signage in Scotland offensive. Yes, the signs are offensive. Because the Gaelic isn’t big enough. I am fed up with the ignorance towards the history of Gaelic in Scotland, and so you won’t get another history lesson and dictionary of placenames from me showing how Gaelic is a

Tha Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann a’ dèanamh suirbhidh coimhearsnachd an-dràsta air ‘mòr-ionad’ no ‘hub’ Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann – àite sòisealta is cultarail far am b’ urrainn do luchd na Gàidhlig tighinn còmhla airson diofar sheòrsaichean ghnìomhachdan is tachartasan Gàidhlig. Dè na buannachdan a dh’fhaodadh a bhith an lùib mòr-ionad Gàidhlig agus dè a

More on the #ScottishCensus2022. Some good news for Gaelic. The census shows us that: 2.5% of people aged 3+ had some skills in Gaelic in 2022. This is an increase of 43,100 since 2011. The percentage of 3 to 15 year olds with Gaelic skills doubled from 1.3% to 2.9%. The census also revealed that

As Misneachd writes: “There will not be a second chance to preserve Gaelic as a spoken vernacular language in Scotland.” This is an Open Letter to Jenny Gilruth and Shona Robison which you are invited to draw on and submit your own letter to the ministers in opposition to the cuts to community development workers

Tha a’ bhuidheann-iomairt Misneachd air freagairt mhionaideach a sgrìobhadh air Bile nan Cànanan Albannach a tha ro Chomataidh Foghlam, Cloinne agus Dhaoine Òga Pàrlamaid na h-Alba an-dràsta. Tha a’ bhuidheann a’ fàilteachadh na bile san fharsaingeachd agus a’ creidsinn gur e ceum cudromach air adhart a th’ innte a thaobh stiùireadh nas làidire bhon riaghaltas