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An talkin aboot near enough anyhin thits gaun doon aroon Scotland in Scots.

Scots is a Wast Germanic leid o tha Anglic varietie that's spaken aw ower Scotland an en tha stewartrie o Ulster en Ireland .

Bi tha lat 15t yeirhunder tha sicht fowk haed o tha differs wi tha leid spaken faurder sooth cam til tha fore an Scots-spikkin Scots begoud tae crie thair leid "Scots"

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Scots should spik up for oor mither tongues (www.believeinscotland.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Bampot to c/bletheringskite

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Monoglots can push everyone else into speaking only English

But for the first time, the 2022 census showed Gaelic speakers are a minority in the Western Isles. That adds to the already existing issue of trying to hold space for the language to be used in daily life.

It is all too common for monoglot English speakers to complain when Gaelic is used in a social setting. They argue that it excludes them - but this means that if there is one person who speaks only English in any situation, the whole company will have to speak English.

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