Doric, a little-known form of North East Scots, is undergoing a pandemic-inspired renaissance. “Slaverin, slubberin, gibberin, gabberin, roon wi a wallop, a sklyter, a sweel,” recited the poet.

Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.

Gaelic-speaking communities in Scotland are in crisis and the language could die out within 10 years, according to a new study. A team of experts from the University of the Highlands and Islands and ...

The survival of Gaelic speaking in Scotland is being helped by a band of new speakers from Eastern Europe and Africa, it has emerged. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) have today launched their Gaelic Language Plans spanning the coming five years. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you ...

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SCOTLAND is setting the agenda for sign language provision internationally thanks to new graduates from the country's first degree course on the subject. More than a dozen new sign language ...

Schools across Scotland invited to contribute to help track evolving picture of international language education.

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