Scottish Gaelic
Goidelic Celtic language of Scotland
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Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3], Canada[4], United States[5], Australia[6], New Zealand[7]
- Instance of: modern language[8]
- Subclass of: Goidelic[9]
- Writing system: Latin script[10], Gaelic alphabet[11]
- Commons category: Scottish Gaelic language[12]
- Wikimedia language code: gd[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Scottish Gaelic language[14]
- Language regulatory body: Bòrd na Gàidhlig[15]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 57,000[16], 60,130[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20]
- Native label: Gàidhlig na h-Alba[21], Gàidhlig[22]
- Different from: Scots[23], Scottish English[24]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[25]
- Indigenous to: Edinburgh[26], Glasgow[27], Highland[28], Scotland[29]
- Has grammatical case: direct case[30], oblique case[31]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[32]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[33], nominative–accusative language[34], stress-timed language[35], fusional language[36]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Scottish Gaelic-language films[37]
- Related category: Category:Scottish Gaelic pronunciation[38]
Why It Matters
Scottish Gaelic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]