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Bòrd na Gàidhlig /borst na ga:lIk/ is the Scottish government appointed agency with responsibility for Scottish Gaelic. The Scottish Executive (Riaghaltas na h-Alba in Gaelic) is the executive arm of the Scottish Parliament. ...
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Place names in their original Gaelic are becoming increasingly common on road signs throughout the Scottish Highlands. Its primary aims are Photo taken by Ewen Denney (User:Eoghan) in the Scottish Highlands on September 16, 2002. ...
Photo taken by Ewen Denney (User:Eoghan) in the Scottish Highlands on September 16, 2002. ...
- to increase the number of Gaelic speakers,
- to strengthen Gaelic as a language of community and home,
- to promote Gaelic in Scotland's cultural life, and
- to develop the use of Gaelic in every aspect of Scottish life.
Its duties are Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ...
- to develop a strategic National Gaelic Plan,
- to work with organisations with an interest in the language, and
- to consult on a strategy for Gaelic-medium education.
The Bòrd was set up in April 2003 after years of official neglect and outright hostility towards the language, and its work is keenly anticipated by the Gaels. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December _ → A timeline of events in the news for April 2003. ...
The first cathraiche (chair-person) of the 8 member Bòrd is Donnchadh MacFhearghais (from Islay), rector of Plockton High School, and former convener of Comunn Luchd-Ionnsachaidh, Comunn na Gàidhlig, and director of the steering committee for BBC Gaelic programming. Islay shown within Argyll Islay (from the Gaelic Ìle - pronounced EYE-lah) is a Scottish island, the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides. ...
The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ...
Plockton during Regatta Saturday, the end to the annual sailing fortnight Plockton is a village in the Highlands of Scotland, with a population of 378 [1]. It is a picturesque settlement on the shores of Loch Carron. ...
Following a consultation period (October 2003 – January 2004), during which many respondents expressed their concern that any advice Bòrd gives would be likely to be ignored by largely hostile authorities, it was announced in September 2004 that the Bòrd was to be strengthened in several areas: 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2003. ...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → January 31, 2004 The United States defence budget is set to exceed US$400 billion next year—an almost 7% increase—according to budget proposals inadvertently posted on the Pentagons website. ...
- the Bòrd's guidance to local authorities on Gaelic medium education will be statutory
- it can advise all public, private and voluntary bodies
- it will decide on how to focus language development and will determine which organisations should produce language plans.
The Gaelic bill, having been debated by the Scottish Parliament, became law in April 2005. The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland. ...
See also
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External links - Bòrd na Gàidhlig website (http://www.bord-na-gaidhlig.org.uk/)
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