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The Gaidhealtachd is the region in Scotland and Nova Scotia where Scottish Gaelic is spoken as the native language by most or some part of the population.

In the past, the Gaidhealtachd has included much of Scotland outside the extreme south east, the north east and the Northern Isles, as evidenced by the prevalence of Gaelic derived place names throughout Scotland, and contemporary accounts. These include Dundee from the Gaelic Dun Deagh, Inverness from Inbhir Nis, Stirling from Sruighlea, Argyll from Earra-Ghàidheal and Galloway from Gall-Ghaidhealaibh. In contrast Glasgow takes its name from the Brythonic glas cu (Gaelic Glaschu). Aberdeen too, comes from Brythonic roots. For historical reasons, including the influence of a Scots-speaking court in Edinburgh, the Gaidhealtachd has been reduced massively to the present region of the Western Isles, and the North West Highlands, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. Its border runs through Loch Lomond, and it adjoins the regions of West Dunbartonshire and Highland. The principal part of the council region is the traditional coun, with small Gaelic populations existing in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Gaelic has also survived among communities descended from immigrants in parts of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward IslandThis article is about a Canadian province. For the South African sub- antarctic islands, see Prince Edward Islands Prince Edward Island ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (The small under the protection of the great Capital Charlottetown A and NewfoundlandThis is about the island in Canada. For the Canadian province of Newfoundland see Newfoundland and Labrador. For other meanings of Newfoundland see Newfoundland (disambiguation). Newfoundland is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, an in eastern CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe and those areas where Gaelic is spoken can also be said to be Gaidhealtachdan.

The equivalent word for an Irish GaelicIrish Gaeilge is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland. The language is sometimes referred to in English as Gaelic ( SAMPA: /"geIlIk/), Irish Gaelic or Erse but is more generally referred to in Ireland as the Irish language or simply Irish . Use of the te speaking area is GaeltachtThe Gaeltacht also called An Ghaeltacht refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is the major language, i. the vernacular. These regions were first officially recognised during the years of Irish Free State after the Gaelic Revival.