Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Scottish Gaelic language
|Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig na h-Alba)| |Spoken in:||Scotland,
Canada| |Region:||Scottish Highlands, Western Isles, Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, Scottish cities, and formerly much of the
Scottish Lowlands| |Total speakers:||58652 (see also under
External links below)| |Ranking:||Not in top 100| |Recognised
language in:||Scotland| |Regulated by:||Bòrd na Gàidhlig|
Scottish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, or just Gaelic (Gàidhlig; IPA: ),
is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. The
branch includes Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx, and is distinct
from the Brythonic branch, which includes Welsh, Cornish, and
Breton. Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish are all descended from
Old Irish. For this reason, it is preferable to refer to it as
Scottish Gaelic or Gàidhlig to avoid confusion with the two
other tongues. Gaelic is the traditional language of the Gaels,
the Celtic ethnic group now mainly in the Scottish Highlands,
and the historical language of most of