Bòrd na Gàidhlig
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Bòrd na Gàidhlig /borst na ga:lIk/ is the Scottish government appointed agency with responsibility for Scottish Gaelic.
Its primary aims are
- 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
- 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 first cathraiche (chair-person) of the eight member Bòrd is Donnchadh MacFhearghais (from Islay), rector of Plockton High School, and former convenor of Comunn Luchd-Ionnsachaidh, Comunn na Gàidhlig, and director of the steering committee for BBC Gaelic programming.
Following a consultation period from October 2003 to 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:
- 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.
See also
- Languages in the United Kingdom
- Language revival
- Foras na Gaeilge - Irish language board
- Welsh Language Board
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