The drama series Rough Cut on Netflix follows a group of misfits as they try to pull off a diamond heist.
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Welsh language heist drama, Dal y Mellt, is being streamed on Netflix with the title, Rough Cut.
The Hebridean island of Scalpay, near Harris, where around 80% of locals are Gaelic speakers.
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Scottish Gaelic psalm singing is an important part of the language and culture, but this centuries-old tradition is now becoming endangered.
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Around 75% of fishermen in the Outer Hebrides speak Gaelic. Their daily use of the language at work helps keep it alive.
Gaelic is traditionally spoken in Scotland across the Highlands and the Hebridean islands, such as Skye.
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Gaelic speakers need opportunities to use their language in a wide variety of social and everyday settings to avoid its presence being eroded.
Poetry in Latin, Welsh and Gaelic from Edward Lhwyd’s Archaeologia Britannica.
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Welshman Edward Lhwyd helped bring togethr Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish and Breton to show how language could connect people on a deeper level.
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Education in Gaelic is hugely valuable in keeping the language alive in Scotland.
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More people than ever are choosing to learn Gaelic, but Scotland needs a strategy to ensure they are using the language in their everyday lives.