Under , the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 Bord na Gaidhlig was required to prepare and submit to Scottish ministers a national Gaelic language plan which must include proposals as to the exercise of its functions under that Act.

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Two years ago, a language professor said some sections of the Scottish media's coverage of the language had gone beyond fair comment and good taste.

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In 2011-12, just seven (Angus, City of Edinburgh, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and Orkney Islands) out of 32 Scottish local authorities employed foreign language assistants.

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Members of a Gaelic speaking society are, apparently, still smarting after their inquiries about promoting the language in Scotland were batted away by Scottish government officials, who told them that more people speak Farsi than Gaelic in modern Scotland.

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In May, a study commissioned by the Scottish government said children in Scotland should begin learning a second language as soon as they started school at the age of five.

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Economists in the French Enlightenment (like Jacques Turgot) and the Scottish Enlightenment (like Adam Smith) recognized that essential human institutions such as language, culture, legal customs, mutual aid societies and markets develop spontaneously when governments get out of the way.

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The European Language Equality Network (Elen) represents 37 lesser used languages, including Scottish Gaelic.

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This would allow Scottish Ministers to recover the costs of Education Scotland carrying out inspections in independent further education colleges and English language schools.

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