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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Gaelic is dying in Ireland, but it's not because of an evil agenda to stamp it out. It's because kids don't have Gaelic TV to watch or any reason to speak it. Spanish-speaking immigrants to the U.S. stop speaking their mother tongue by the third generation.
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I wouldn't say it is dying ... far from it. In fact it is very much the opposite. It might be declining as a working language but there are more people that can speak the language today (big difference). My youngest brother was the only one in our house that could speak fluently. Now, all my nieces and nephews are fluent Irish speakers. And this is in the North where we still haven't got an Irish Language Act.
And yes, in the North there is an evil agenda to suppress. There still is no Irish Language act.
http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-langu...51417-Feb2018/
And as for TV? Today was the National Hurling League Final between Kilkenny and Tipperary. The game was on TG4, an Irish channel with full commentary in Irish.
If you want to see the game go to GAAGO. Free trial period.
https://www.gaago.ie/
This is sorta actually my point. Whilst, yes the Language as a working language might be in decline the number of speakers is flourishing. There is a great pride amongst the youth today in being able to speak their native tongue. It's very much a grassroots movement hence my questioning what was being done on the reservations to promote their languages and is their a desire/pride amongst the youth to learn. i.e. Native Pride?