Boost to future of Gaelic language with launch of major new learning initiative
Speak Gaelic learning initiative will launch in September It is a language which researchers say is in danger of dying out by the end of the decade unless urgent action is taken for Gaelic to avert a crisis. In a study by academics at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and Soillse, a multi-institutional research collaboration, 18 per cent of 16 to 18-year-olds on the Western Isles said both their parents are fluent in Gaelic, just 5.1% said they always or mainly speak the language at home. And from last year pupils starting school in the Western Isles will automatically b...
Source: heraldscotland.com