Did you know ... ?

Did you know ... ?

...that Gaelic is one of Scotland's four languages, along with English, Scots and British Sign Language?

...that Scottish Gaelic's origins are in Ireland and developed from Irish Gaelic?

...that the Scottish Gaelic alphabet has 19 letters?

...that the Cairngorms get their name from the Gaelic 'An Càrn Gorm', meaning 'The Blue Mountain'?

...that the shortest place name in the world is Ì, which is the Scottish Gaelic name for Iona?

...that the word 'whisky' comes from the Scottish Gaelic 'uisge beatha', meaning 'water of life'?

...that Scottish Gaelic is also spoken in Canada, particularly in Nova Scotia and parts of eastern Canada?

...that there is a dedicated Gaelic-language TV channel called BBC Alba and a radio station called Radio nan Gàidheal?

...that the Scottish government created the National Gaelic Language Plan in 2005 to protect and promote Scottish Gaelic?

...Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, on the Isle of Skye, is the only Gaelic-only higher education college in Scotland?

...that the Scottish expression 'smashing' comes from the Scottish Gaelic 'is math sin', which means 'that's good'?

...that the word 'trousers' comes from Scottish Gaelic word 'triubhas'?

...that the word 'cèilidh' is a Scottish Gaelic word?