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TitleGaelic Faces Legislative Hurdles
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Scottish Parliament recently approved a law giving official status to the Gaelic language for the first time. Although active repression of the language has not occurred in a long time, supporters of the language have less political clout than those of Irish or Welsh, and they must fight to defend Gaelic programs. This commentary from the Guardian Unlimited argues why television programming in the language is just the remedy.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/scotland/comment/0,9236,1463806,00.html
SourceGuardian Unlimited
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