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Canadian Gaelic

Canadian Gaelic
NameCanadian Gaelic
NativenameA' Ghàidhlig Chanadach
MapcaptionDistribution throughout the Maritimes c.1850.
Pronunciationəˈɣaːlɪkʲ ˈxanət̪əx
FamilycolorIndo-European
StatesCanada
Regionlimited to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; scattered traditional speakers in mainland Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador (Codroy Valley), Ontario (Glengarry, Stormont, Bruce and Grey Counties), The Red River Valley, Assiniboia and The Northwest.
Speakersca. 2000 or roughly 1.3% of Cape Breton Island
Fam2Celtic
Fam3Insular Celtic
Fam4Goidelic
Fam5Scottish Gaelic
ScriptLatin alphabet (Gaelic variant)
Iso1gd|iso2=gla|iso3=gla|lingua=50-AAA-acp
NoticeIPA

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Canadian Gaelic or Cape Breton Gaelic ( ), locally just Gaelic or The Gaelic, refers to the dialects of Scottish Gaelic that have been spoken continuously for more than 200 years on Cape Breton Island and in isolated enclaves on the Nova Scotia mainland. To a lesser extent the language is also spoken on nearby Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Glengarry County in present-day Ontario and by emigrant Gaels living in major Canadian cities such as Toronto. At its peak in the mid-19th century, Gaelic, considered together with the closely related Irish language, was the third most spoken language in Canada after English and French. The language has sharply declined since that period, however, and is now nearly extinct. Recently, efforts have been made to revitalise the language.


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