Scottish Gaelic

American

[skot-ish gol-ik, gey-lik] / ˈskɒt ɪʃ ˈgɒl ɪk, ˈgeɪ lɪk /

or, often, Scots Gaelic

noun

the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia. ScotGael, Scot. Gael.

Scottish Gaelic British

noun

the Goidelic language of the Celts of Scotland, spoken in the Highlands and Western Isles

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