Scotland: Culture minister calls for 'new generation' to preserve Gaelic

[Francis Hult]

News.Scotsman.com

 

Culture minister calls for 'new generation' to preserve Gaelic

 

A new generation of Gaelic speakers must be created to safeguard the future of the language, the culture minister Michael Russell warned yesterday as he promised £50,000 to further its development.

 

Mr Russell said that, despite admirable advances in promoting the language, including a significant increase in the number of young Gaelic speakers, the number of Scots who speak it was not rising.

 

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http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Culture-minister-calls-for-39new.5721640.jp

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