An online dictionary has rediscovered lost Gaelic phrases and words. The meanings of the long-forgotten expressions have also been revealed. Faclair na Gàidhlig seeks to provide a better understanding ...

A free online language learning service with more than 300 million users will launch its Scottish Gaelic course on St Andrew’s Day. Duolingo was launched in 2011 and now has more than 90 languages on ...

Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.

The Western Isles is the council area with the most Gaelic speakers in Scotland [Getty Images] Gaelic and Scots have now been recognised as official languages as part of a range of new measures coming ...

Experts from the Council of Europe have urged authorities to strengthen the teaching of Gaelic and Scots in a new report. The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages report is based on ...

Gaelic in Scotland is in a "perilous state" and more needs to be done to "urgently support" language speakers, a Holyrood committee has warned. The Scottish government has introduced the Scottish ...

Language learning app Duolingo has launched the beta version of its new Scottish Gaelic course, with more than 20,000 people already signed up. An endangered language, Scottish Gaelic is predominately ...

A common Scottish Gaelic phrase simply asks, "How are you?" It's a phrase often uttered by those learning and teaching a language considered endangered. Although the language is often associated with ...

MORE people have logged on to learn Gaelic on a free app than the number of actual speakers. More than 60,600 punters signed up in just two days for Duolingo’s course in the dialect after it was ...