At the beginning of 2011 Newsnet Scotland ran a series of ten articles chronicling the history of Scotland’s languages. So impressive were the pieces that the First Minister himself wrote in praise of them.
Since then Newsnet Scotland has acquired a considerable number of new regular visitors, many of course will not have had the opportunity to read this excellent series. As a result we have decided to re-run the original ten articles, this time in five ‘doubled up’ instalments.
A history of Scottish languages – by Paul Kavanagh