| − | '''Scottish Gaelic''', or '''Gaelic''', is a Celtic language spoken in parts of north-western [[Scotland]] including the [[Inner Hebrides]] and [[Western Isles]] or Outer Hebrides. It is similar in form to [[Irish]] or [[Irish Gaelic]], these languages, with [[Manx]], being known as Q-Celtic or Goidelic, while [[Welsh]], [[Cornish]] and [[Breton]] belong to the P-Celtic group of languages. | + | '''Gàidhlig''', or '''Scottish Gaelic''', is a language spoken primarily in [[Scotland]] but also in Cape Breton Island, [[Canada]]. The Distribution of Gàidhlig speakers in Scotland roughly matches the geographic highlands region, indeed the Gàidhlig word ''Gàidhealtacht'' (Gaeldom in english) has become synonymous with the word highlands when describing the region. |