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In One Month, Twice As Many People Signed Up To Learn This Indigenous Language On An App As Actually Speak It At Home

AUDIENCE, WORDS Posted: January 7, 2020 8:01 am

“The Duolingo course [in Scots Gaelic], which was launched just before St. Andrew’s Day on 30 November and looks likely to be the company’s fastest-growing course ever, has garnered more than 127,000 sign-ups – 80% from Scotland itself – compared with just over 58,000 people who reported themselves as Gaelic speakers in the 2011 Scottish census.” And a similar revival is starting in the study of the country’s other indigenous language, Scots. – The Guardian

AUDIENCE, WORDS Published: 01.02.20

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 01.02.20

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