Gàidhlig

This is an English translation of the original piece: Fileanta neo Native? One of the things you can’t avoid as a Gaelic speaker is your fluency in the language.  Without doubt the same thing exists in English – you think differently of people depending on their different abilities in the language – but with a language with as many learners as Gaelic, and with the big role they are playing in revitalising it, it’s very obvious within the Gaelic community. Even though different levels of Gaelic — Read more →

‘S e aon de na rudan air nach b’ urrainn dhut teicheadh mar luchd-labhairt na Gàidhlig do fileantachd sa chànan.  Gu cìnnteach tha an aon rud anns sa Bheurla –  tha sibh a’ smaoineachadh diofar rudan de daoine le diofar comasan sa chanan – ach le cànan le an uiread de luchd-ionnsachaidh ‘s a th’aig a Ghàidhlig, agus am pàirt mòr a tha iad a’ gabhail ann a bhith ag ath-bheothachadh a chànan, tha e gu math follaiseach ann an coimhearsnachdan Gàidhlig. Ged a tha — Read more →

I was delighted last night when I came across a BBC article that professed the news that new research had found that Gaelic contributes as much as £148.5 million each year to the Scottish economy. The research was undertaken and published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to estimate the value of Gaelic to the economy and society of Scotland on the whole.  It’s the first real effort to research the topic and it is a big step in terms of developing the language that an — Read more →

Bha mi air mo dhòigh an raoir nuair a thàinig mi air airtaigail aig a’BhBC a thug an naidheachd seachad gun robh rannsachadh air lorg gu bheil Gàidhlig a’cur a-steach suas ri £148.5 millean gach bliadhna gu eaconomaidh na h-Alba. Chaidh an rannsachadh fhoillseachadh le Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd ‘s nan Eilean an dè airson tomhais a’dhèanamh de luach aig a’Ghàidhlig do eaconomaidh ‘s coimhearsnachd na h-Alba san fharsaigneachd.  ‘S i a’chiad oidhirp mhòr riamh air sin a’dhèanamh agus ‘s e na ceum mòr a th’ann — Read more →