Scottish Gaelic

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Highland county: northwest Scotland, Western Isles, islands of Colonsay, Lismore, Raasay, Skye, and Tiree; Edinburgh and Glasgow cities.

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Canada

Language NameScottish Gaelic

User Population

1,090 in Canada (2016 census).

Location

Nova Scotia: Cape Breton; Prince Edward Island.

Alternate Names

Gàidhlig, Gàidhlig na h-Alba

Dialects

Canadian Gaelic.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

All shifting to English [eng].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.