Why is the Gaelic language dying out?
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Irish or Scottish Gaelic?
In Ireland [number of fluent urban speakers is rising (largely because of the growth of urban Irish-medium education)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_the_Irish_language#Trends_in_usage).
The same thing is happening in Scotland, [with the number of younger people who speak Gaelic rising](https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-gaelic-language-plan-2016-2021/pages/4/#:~:text=Of%20these%2058%2C000%20people%20(1.1,an%2011%25%20drop%20in%20speakers.)
In the past, Gaelic wasn’t valued and was seen as inferior to English. However, recently there have been movements by governments to preserve the language and to make sure that schools which teach in Gaelic are available, in the same way that Welsh has been supported and encouraged in Wales.
All Gaelic users speak English as well as Gaelic, apart from preschool children who have Gaelic as their first language. However, younger people tend to favour speaking English
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