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ISO 639-3 · glagla
Indo-European family
Scottish Gaelic
Gàidhlig na h-Alba
Scottish Gaelic is a language of the Goidelic branch (Indo-European), spoken in United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Australia and 1 more country. Wikidata counts about 57,000 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Goidelic Celtic language of Scotland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
gla- ISO 639-1
gd- Glottocode
scot1245- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 58.10, -6.60
- Wikipedia
- 139 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Scottish Gaelic · Gàidhlig na h-Alba |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gaelic, Gàidhlig, Gaidhlig, Scots Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic language |
| All speakers | 57,000 (2011) |
| Written in | Latin script, Gaelic alphabet |
| Grammatical cases | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Scottish Gaelic
The branches above Scottish Gaelic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United Kingdom
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationscoScotsIndo-European · 1.6 m5 · DevelopingsrdSardinianIndo-European · 1.3 mDefinitely endangeredyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredcymWelshIndo-European · 724,0002 · ProvincialrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedmltMalteseunclassified · 482,8801 · National