My family tree has mostly Irish and Scottish Gaelic roots.

It would also standardize Scottish Gaelic spelling which, until recently, varied from region to region.

Speakers of Scottish Gaelic hope to persuade Microsoft to develop a spell-checker for the ancient tongue.

This sparked an interest in Scottish Gaelic.

Scottish Gaelic, one of the Western world's least spoken languages, could get a boost toward survival from Microsoft.

A very satisfying aspect of the book is the attention paid to Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and, especially, Irish-language speakers.

Derived from the Scottish Gaelic Domhnall, "Donald" has a reek of heather and damp grouse to it.

We get a lesson in Scottish Gaelic Puirt-a-beul (mouth music) from musician and broadcaster, Mary Ann Kennedy.

Scottish Gaelic traditions are enjoying a revival in parts of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia (New Scotland).

Rankin is charm personified, though the crowd don't appreciate her equating our precious Gaeilge to the ' Scottish Gaelic' she claims they know.

While mention is made of Scottish Gaelic and Welsh television services in the Bill, none is made of Irish in the North.

Presumably to maintain order cois fharraige to protect locals from contamination by Scottish Gaelic and Manx invaders or summer students from D4?

If Microsoft gives the go-ahead for Scottish Gaelic, supporters will have a head start on the process of actually building a spell-checker.

That the needs of Scottish Gaelic and Welsh - linguistic cousins of Irish - are both addressed in the legislation is to be welcomed.

I have sometimes, in the second part of the book, used stories preserved in the Scottish Gaelic, as will be seen by my references.

A few months ago I was channel surfing here in London where I live, and skimmed by BBC Alba, the Scottish Gaelic language television channel.