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  1. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “every living language evolves… Gaelic deserves the same freedom. If we want young people to choose Gaelic rather than simply inherit it, they must be allowed to leave their fingerprints upon it”

    —Ceitidh Campbell discusses what makes a language truly alive

    scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poetry #language #minoritylanguages

    #minoritylanguages #language #poetry #gaelic #gaidhlig #literature
  2. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands… A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.”

    theconversation.com/how-scotti

    #Scotland #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #conservation #marinelife #language #minoritylanguages #Hebrides

    #minoritylanguages #language #marinelife #conservation #gaelic #gaidhlig
  3. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands… A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.”

    theconversation.com/how-scotti

    #Scotland #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #conservation #marinelife #language #minoritylanguages #Hebrides

    #minoritylanguages #language #marinelife #conservation #gaelic #gaidhlig
  4. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “Scientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic words for oyster or oysters – eisir, eisirein and eisirean – and oyster habitats… They then found an oyster bed that had not been previously documented”

    The discoveries could help rebuild native oyster populations

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck4gl6

    #Scotland #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #conservation #marinelife #language #minoritylanguages #Hebrides

    #minoritylanguages #language #marinelife #conservation #gaelic #gaidhlig
  5. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “Scientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic words for oyster or oysters – eisir, eisirein and eisirean – and oyster habitats… They then found an oyster bed that had not been previously documented”

    The discoveries could help rebuild native oyster populations

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck4gl6

    #Scotland #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #conservation #marinelife #language #minoritylanguages #Hebrides

    #minoritylanguages #language #marinelife #conservation #gaelic #gaidhlig