There's a lot of discussion about Scots.... But what of Scottish Gaelic? That's a very distinct language and of real benefit to those who still speak it - though that number is diminishing.

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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A little wiki "hacking"
From: geni <geniice@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, September 30, 2011 3:00 am
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org

On 29 September 2011 22:29, Deryck Chan <deryckchan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Edinburgh probably isn't very representative of the lot. Bring on the
> Glaswegians and Aberdeen Dorics! My classmate from Aberdeen claims clearly
> that he's *bilingual* in Doric [Scots] and English, as do most natives of
> Aberdeen. I think there are lots of native Scots speakers who realise Scots
> is different enough from English that it has become a different language,
> and it's our job to promote their awareness of a Scots Wikipedia.

Except the history suggests the reverse Scots was a separate language
that has largely merged into English.

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geni

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