Originally Posted by
TheOfficialBren
I was woefully not surprised to see Gaelic unlisted.
I did see "Irish Gaelic" listed when I viewed the Wyoming page. Why Wyoming? Because the state pages only show the 50 most common languages, and in a state like California with several hundred languages, Gaelic would be ranked less than 50th and not show up. But in states with less total languages Gaelic can "make the cut".
A while back I saw a world language map from 1900 (as I recall) which showed sizable areas of Scottish Gaelic both in Nova Scotia and North Carolina. This map, as I recall, showed the most-spoken language of each area, meaning that at that time, in areas of North Carolina, more people spoke Gaelic than English or any other language! However I just tried Googling for that map and didn't come up with it.
As to why I posted this on this forum, this is the forum for any sort of random non-kilt things, isnt' it?
Last edited by OC Richard; 18th November 12 at 06:54 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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