Scottish Gaelic was shoved to the side by the House of Stuart in favor of English over the years. King James VI (I of England) of Scotland made English way more important as Gaelic was closely associated with Catholicism. After the Jacobite rebellion, Scottish Gaelic nearly became extinct.
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Interesting, we could all have been speaking Gaelic depending how that worked out.
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They still teach it in some schools over here but it is more up north than central region, where I am. And no, I can’t speak it!
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The language of the people, not of the ruling class.
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