Gaelic and Scots are now officially recognised languages as part of new measures coming into force on St Andrew’s Day. The Scottish Languages Act empowers parents to request Gaelic schools, increases Gaelic qualifications, and supports research and teaching standards for both languages. We’ve been hearing from two Gaelic learners on why the language is so important to them. More on this story: https://bbc.in/4orOifI | BBC Scotland News

Did you know that on St Andrew's Day this year Scots and Gaelic became official languages of Scotland? We asked Lauren Rhiannon why this feels really important 💙. "By recognising Scots and Gaelic as official languages of Scotland, it gives us a real chance to protect them for the future, and stop them being lost to the past. Representation matters for so many reasons, but it shows that our languages can exist in modern, everyday life. Not just in folklore, or the history books, but spoken natur

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