Free Download Gaelic in Scotland 1698-1981: The Geographical History of a Language by Charles W. J. Withers
English | December 1st, 2021 | ISBN: 0859760979 | 350 pages | True EPUB | 16.49 MB
Surprisingly little is known of the geographical history of Gaelic: where and when it was spoken in the past, and how and why the Gaelic-speaking area of Scotland – the Gaidhealtachd – has retreated and the language declined. A hundred years ago there were 250,000 Gaelic speakers. Now there are 80,000.