learning gaelic

[CamelCody]

I can recommend Scots Gaelic in 12 weeks, if you stick with it and do the the lessons as prescribed you'll get a pretty good start, on written Gàidhlig at least. For pronunciation it's obviously best to be taught by a native speaker, although Speaking our Language does help a tonne.
I have a couple children's books that I recommended in another thread, all of which can be found on Amazon. I'll list them again.
1. 'A bheil mi beag?' By Phillip Winterberg
2. 'Oidhche mhath, Sam' by Amy Hest
3. 'A bheil thu idir gu math, Sam?' by Amy Hest
When I was learning French in high school I found children's books to be a good way of learning basic grammar and conjugation. I know a few people have used 'Conversations in Gaelic and English' but I'm unfamiliar with it.

Now, on the topic of regional dialects I have a question for those in the know. I heard somewhere that Nova Scotian Gàidhlig speakers have the purest form (by that I assume it's meant the oldest form?) of Gàidhlig. Does anyone know if this is true and if so how does it differ from Gàidhlig spoken in Scotland? Just curious, for those of us in North America, there is a Gàidhlig language college in Nova Scotia....