Im really interested in gaelic but cant find anyone who speaks it
2007-02-25 07:23:05 · 3 answers · asked by blink_rulez_1990 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You must go to the Outer Hebrides. You will hear it in Lewis, Harris and Skye and other islands in those parts.
2007-02-25 07:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nova Scotia and Scotland would be the best places to hear it. However, I'm sure all Scottish Gaelic speakers today are bilingual and the language is probably being maintained on a somewhat artificial basis, much like Esperanto. The last few Scots who learned Scots Gaelic on their mother's knee seem to have died in the 1970's. It is a known fact that the last speaker of the Sutherland dialect of Scots Gaelic, Mary Stewart, died in 1972. Anyone who tells you differently and says that Gaelic is alive and well in Scottish communities around the world is probably giving you some misinformation at best.
If you can't get to Nova Scotia or Scotland, the next best place to hear it would be in your own home on cassette tapes which you can get in a good bookstore or in an import shop geared to Irish and / or Scottish goods if there is one in your town. I have a few such tapes myself but they were recorded in the 1970's and all of the speakers sound very old.
2007-02-25 09:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've also heard that going to Nova Scotia is a good way to hear Gaelic. I'm not sure if it's Scots Gaelic though.
2007-02-25 08:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋