Reason 10: It's on Duolingo now!

I’m not Scottish nor European, but I’m learning Scottish Gaelic because it’s so awesome

Don't let it die... I love this language... I am doing my part.

In Scotland it's "whisky" not whiskey 😜

I come from South Dakota on the border of the Standing Rock reservation and I am also Scottish by heritage. I absolutely believe that keeping this and the Lakota language alive is VERY important! LOVE THIS!

Tha Gàidhlig agamsa! Tha mi cho toillichte faicinn rudeigin mun Gàidhlig. Mòran taing! (I speak Gaelic, so happy to see a video about it! Many thanks!). Always nice to see it being promoted from outside the Gaelic world as well as within! : ). And yes, language death is a major concern...2011 census showed the number of people with Gaelic language skills to be around 1.7% of the population! The decline has slowed so hoping for a better picture in 2021. I had no Gaelic skills in 2011....and will be reporting that I am fully fluent in the 2021 census : )

this is so great! thank you so much for giving attention to a celtic language and being so encouraging. i'm super passionate about these languages and fight tooth and nail against people who argue against learning them because they're seen as "useless." thank you thank you thank you.

Speak a little Gaelic, got a natural Scottish accent (though it switches, strangely), and possibly enjoys Outlander a little too much.

I'm only a half Scot from the south, but it's my dream someday to resettle in Scotland and learn this beautiful language

I mainly write/type in English, but talk in Scots (Dundonian). Decided I am going to learn Gàidhlig 😊.

Been learning for a couple years now, excited to study it in university as well! Cape Breton (top island of Nova Scotia) is one of the last strongholds of Gaelic although even now speakers are passing away at an alarming rate. It could be argued that the ratio of speakers to general population is higher there than in Scotland, which makes for an amazing immersion experience!

I have just began learning Scottish Gaelic. I have been doing research on my genealogy and have found quite a bit of Scottish heritage that I didn’t know I had. So I am trying to learn more about my heritage.

is fheàrr Gàidhlig bhriste na Gàidhlig sa chiste. (#Gàidhlig=Scottish Gaelic) It is better to have broken Gàidhlig than dead Gàidhlig.

Gàidhlig learner from Australia here (and one who has very little Scottish heritage)

Love this, I am going on my dream trip to Scotland and want to learn Gaelic, My grandfather was from Elgin, grandmother was from Glasgow.

I think the celtic languages are the most beautiful. I might be biased being part Scottish, I am now learning Gaelic on duolingo.

Yes, Nova Scotia does mean 'new Scotland'. ☺

Found out last year that I am 30% Scottish ..... yeah. I know I dont look like a Scotsman but there you go hahaha ! Decided in march to pick up Scottish Gaelic and its been going good so far. Even been able to use what Ive learned at work, can you believe it ! Thanks for the great vid ;)Tioraidh ma-tha !

I love this language and look forward to learning it.

I love this!!! My ancestors are from Scotland. I'm learning Scottish-Gaelic too! thanks for the informative video :)

My great-grandma is Scottish and this inspired me to learn more about my Scottish roots! ^^

I speak fluent gaidhlig in Scotland, you said some of the stuff wrong but I new all that

Yes I would like to learn Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic because most of my forebears were from both Scotland and Ireland, and I actually had a Scottish accent as a preschooler. The Australian school teachers were not keen on my keeping it.

Awesome video !!!! I'm learning Scots Gaelic and I think it's a very good idea to encourage people to speak it ! Gaelic is not only the oldest language in Scotland but one of the oldest in Europe !

Im an American with Scots-Irish ancestry. All before and up to the Irish Rebellion of 1790. Most of my family tree is Scottish surnames. We settled in Western Penn and Western N.C. Both these groups pushed on to Central Texas. The biggest chunk came from SW Scotland before Antrim and Down. Ive been having fun learning Scottish Gaelic, Irish, and Spanish on Duolingo and anywhere else I can find.

Awesome! Count me in! While I am busy swatting away mosquitoes the size of helicopters here in Florida, I can learn the language of my grandfathers. Bring it on. I cannae wait!

I'm from America And I started looking into Gaelic last year. Tha mi becon Thanks to Roda McDanald. With specking our language. I hope I spelled that right. I wish I had people who could speck it with me in my area. This would be a great language to offer in the schools here in America. it's so rich in history and culture and offers diversity in a way other language's can't. It's the best thing I've put in my mind in years.

Haha, awesome video! My fiancée and I are thinking of moving to Scotland when we retire one day (probably somewhere around Inverness - or Inbhir Nis, should I say!) and we both have a light-to-moderate interest in the Celtic languages, especially Gaelige and Gàidhlig. I'll show this to her, she'll like it :-) P.S. thanks for the Scottish accent, it made my day :-)

My grandmother and her siblings, born in Australia, spoke Scots Gaelic at home. I learnt a little bit from her, by usage, though I didn't know what it was called until many years later when I went to classes. My teacher was born and grew up in the highlands. My Mamma's Da came from Scotland.

I love the language.I would really like to learn it. From what I've seen of Scotland it's a beautiful country. from what I know of my mother's side of the family they're from Ayrshire.

Hi, subscribed for the Gaa-lic! Hope to see more, thanks for sharing!

Ah! The language of my country. Not that i'm proud to be Scottish but i do love Scottish Gaelic. It's a great language! It's so sad to say that there is less than 2% that actually speak the language!

Apart from the misspelling of whisky, which I'm sure many others have pointed out, thumbs up for this!

Great vid! :) Quite a few stereotypes, but I understand they are needed to draw in new learners :) I still want to become fluent in Gàidhlig one day, even though I live in the Netherlands, and I might never really get a chance to speak it with others :P It's just such a beautiful, "soft" sounding language. It always sounds as if people are singing when speaking Gàidhlig :) That's why I want to learn it. I would love to write a book in it, or to write poetry using Gàidhlig.

Im happy someone covered this our country is underrated also many try fix some of your pronunciations

I am Australian but my grandparents on my dads side were born in Scotland they came over from edinborough when they were children by boat and I have always been fascinated by our Scottish background so would love to learn Gaelic

Love it. thank you!

I'm definitely inspired 💚

There seems to be far more concern for Gaeilge out there, which is odd, because in Ireland alone (according to 2016 cenus), 1.76 million people speak it or have some knowledge of it. Around 74,000 speak it daily. Now compare this to Gáidhlig, which 87,000 people in Scotland have some knowledge of, according to the 2011 UK census. 32,400 of these people can read, write, and speak in Gáidhlig. The figures are far fewer than Gaeilge. What’s more, is that the revival of Gaeilge is strong outside of Ireland, but the same cannot be said for Gáidhlig. It’s just strange when people give the Irish language far more attention and say things like, “please, Ireland, don’t lose your language”, when in fact Gaeilge is far from becoming linguistically extinct. There is a surge in Irish language learning both in and outside of Ireland. The same cannot be said for Gáidhlig. I think this is because Ireland and Irish culture has more media attention. When Americans think of Scotland, they think of bagpipers, kilts, whiskey, and Braveheart. Thank you for posting this! More people need to see it.

Love the language, learning on my own, would love to learn the Scottish alphabet. This would help me with pronunciation I hope.

Just beginning to learn it. So many words and phrases are just beautiful. Others I need a few drams of whisky to loosen the mouth muscles! ;)

im australian but i have scottish heritage, and i'd love to learn the language to connect to my ancestors! it's a beautiful language

Lovely informative video Lindsey. Watching from London.

I tried to teach myself Scott’s Gaelic when I was 13... I kind of forgot all of it but it was really really easy!!! And FUN!!! Two more reasons for you. 😉

Hello Lindsay I am in some languages but not very well yet and I want to learn one from the scandinavian group, celtic and baltic group. But I don,t know which. Which ones do you recommend me? I feel more impulse for lithuanian but is latvian better? is it more rooted than lithuanian? the same with the others one. I think I prefer danish but is icelandic really old (original) danish if I know icelandic is easier to understand danish & norwegian? I want to have the privilege to know an old/ancient language non necessary to be modern or popular, spoken by millions. The same for celtic group. Thanks.

So which is the most recommended course? with my parental heritage and most relatives North of the border I'd love to seriously learn Gaelic.

I'm Greek American and I want to learn Scottish Gaalic. So I guess I have to start somewhere and hopefully I can find books and dictionaries for study. Any recommendations? John

Why not. As a proud owner of a very little plot in Scotland, I would like to speak Scottish Gaelic. Nos my plot is an embassy between Scotland and Aquitany (Basque, Gascon and Occitan )😊

I am so wanting to learn this cause it would be something different and something I could talk out in public and not many will know. I am in America but I am Scottish and just love scottland.

I'm also learning Scottish Gaelic,,,,,,, from Sunny Florida, USA. Love the language. And Lindsay, we just might be kin to one another, me being a Williams and 34% Scottish.

Do you know if there is any plasec in Glasgow where I can learn Gaelic when I'm older.

Love to the Gaelic language, from a Bangla speaker😄✌নমস্কার!

I want to learn Scottish Gaelic, but I do not know anyone who speaks it.

Now you can learn it with Duolingo

It is spoken in Argentina too.

I'd like to learn, but not sure where to start?

My grandfather was the first American born on the US' West Coast to attend and graduate from University of Glascow. He was a published author and worked as a Columnist for Randolph Hearst as well as a Professor at Berkeley...His parents came to the US from Scotland by way of Canada. So.... there's some history and as my family is keen on attending the Highland's fair each year, I thought ,"Why not try your hand at learning Scotish Gaelic". Me being as smart as a sack of screwdrivers might be an issue, but what the heck.

Im having another shot as i could be moving there soon, well atleast the cairngorns anyway. My father was a native speaker

Could you redolent any apps or ways to learn the language eather Free or cheap?, I am Scottish and really wanna learn the language, and im broke af😥😭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I was learning Scottish Gaelic, until my books and CDs got stolen. I am currently working on Irish Gaelic with Duolingo. Though I prefer Scottish Gaelic. It sounds better to me

How do i find a good way to learn though im in texas so its kinda hard to find a teacher or book

i love the Scottish culture, especially the music. I know Rosetta Stone is one of the leading tools to learn a new language, but it's also one of the most expensive. Can you suggest another tool, website, book, ect to use to learn Gaelic?

Love the accent !

Gaelic "gay lik" = umbrella term for languages of the Gaels, a Q-celtic branch. Gaelige "Gwoi-la-guh" is Irish Gàidhlig "ka lik" is Scottish then there is Manx Gaelic

tha mi a calcutta agus is toil leam gaidlig agus tha mi cho toilechte.. its a beautiful language and theres no particular reason for me learning it except the music from scotland and ireland is intoxicating for me. hope someday i could converse in gaelic with someone. tapadh leat

It's really similar to Irish in my opinion. I saw that in the numbers

I know this may annoy Scottish people but my family is very Scottish and Irish which is why I want to learn Irish and Scottish Gaelic Fada beò Alba agus Èirinn=Long live Scotland and Ireland according to google translate

I want more please :)

bloody awesum tis so blithe me a duncan scottish single dad o' 2 wee lads in Pa/ usa so luv e' ;-)

I like Gaelic.. it sounds like fluffy alphabets.. with soft curves.. wish to learn Gaelic

My whole fathers side is Scottish so I'm half Scottish , but I would love more than anything in this world to be able to call myself a scot. Knowing a bit or Gaelic makes me feel better 😂

I wanna learn Gaelic soooo bad, its really hard tho ): Im norwegian, any help?

Can you do a 9 reasons to learn Irish Gaelic or Welsh?

How did you learn so many languages? What was the second language you ever learned?

For some reason UKposts threw this one up for me, so I've only just seen it now. When counting and using the numbers alone, without a noun, we add a "meaningless particle" _a (h-)_ : a h-aon, a dhà, a trì, a ceithir, a còig, a sia, a seachd, a h-ochd, a naoi, a deich ... And she forgot to explain that 'whisky' is from _usige beatha_ meaning "water of life" :-)

Long live the ones that love our original languages! From the Americas to Eurasia and beyond!

I am an American who claims Scottish heritage on my mum's side and I would like to see a revival of Gaelic in Alba.

i am (tha mise) i have been looking for YEARS to find resources , but found nothing until 3 years ago,,,Tapadh leat airson do chuideachadh

Just curious.... Is there any intelligibility between Scottish Gaelic and Irish?

Is there anywhere I can learn it for free that anyone knows of?

Definitely on the list to be learned... after, like, other eight languages, but on the list nonetheless.

Aren't there Gàidhlig speakers in NZ, too?

You're ascent is good

Latha math! I’ve learnt a wee bit of gaelic.

I’m actually trying to learn because scottish is in my blood and I see that it doesn’t have many speakers

I had 3 scottish grandparents and I had a scottish accent until I started school

Williams?? A name of Welsh origin is it not? Great video! Scottish culture is rich no matter how you slice it.

Good day my dear, I just found your UKposts channel. I plan on visiting as often as possible. Could you, please, do me a favor...? "Loyalty and Honour Above All"...is this correct? "dìlseanach agus Urram gu h-àrd na h-uile". And if so...could you please give me a phonetic break-down. Best Regards, David S. R. Clark, ASM Teton & District Performing Arts Pipe Band

my Grandparents on my Mothers side are from Glasgow. but i dont know if ever learned it.

my family speaks it

I speak Portuguese, I' ll try to learn a little bit of Gaelic.

I may actually have zero Scottish heritage in my genetics...but mentally and emotionally, tha mi gu tur Albannach!

There are three accent bits

What does the name "Erse" refer to? Is that both Scottish and Irish Gaelic or just Irish?

My grandfather was the last in his bloodline to speak this language. Born in Canada, and raised in a Gaelic speaking community. Campbell or "Cambeul"(meaning crooked jaw or wry mouth in Gaelic). It's sad that this language will be lost in the next century or so... Ill just be hanging out waiting for the reparations from the English... lol.

Chan eil thu litreachadh uisge-beatha gu math - mura h-eil thu Èireannach. Slainte !.

I want to learn it!! But I want to learn a lot of languages and there is no resources to do it!!

tha mi a 'gabhail tlachd ionnsachaidh an cànan seo a lorg mi e spòrsail mar a tha mi a h-oighreachd, ach taing airson brosnachail dhomh sin a dhèanamh

Nova scotia shout out :)

Im belarus, but I like scotish gaelic))) cos that,s like at my native lang)))