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Originally Posted by ANDY-J3
Originally posted by Duthill
I find this statistic rather odd .
Is that a guess or a recorded number ?
And how was it arrived at ?
At present the number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland amounts to somewhere in the region of 100 000 people. The number of "Anglophones" or English speakers as they are conventionally referred to is over 5 million.
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Tena koe Andy ,
it was your use of the word ethnic that prompted my question .
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Originally Posted by ANDY-J3
I'm well aware that you're criticising an ethnic group- one which amounts to several million people and adds up to to over 90% of the country's population.
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90% being present speakers of 'Scots' , yes , 90% being unable to speak Gaelic , ok .
But 90% ethnic ? Define 'ethnic' in your context .
I speak neither Gaelic nor Scots . I am however , ethnicly , a descendant of both.
I speak a certain amount of Maori , yet I am not an ethnic descendant of it .
kia ora ehoa ,
Toka
PS. There is one language that you have both neglected to mention
