Fòram na Gàidhlig

well maha, i can fully understand why ,as as a true gael,of the tradional kind ,no engluish till i went to school etc, i see the language is about dead on its feet here in the heartland and on i observe it on a daily basis, the little thats left is only seen at ceilidhs etc and on radio/tv which is a different thinh to reality.
the Church elders and such see it in reality while most of the rest including radio./tv and other Groups in paid jobss see it all as something else when your in any capacity in a job ,you normally defend that position, but when your soaked to the skin and chasing sheep or cattle or trying sustain a congreation and not only see the reality but feel it in your face it a different story.
As the saying goes Talk is----

My heart and soul is sore to even admit all that but im facing brutal reality
Le Gach Durachd

I am so pleased that so many are interested in the fortunes of the Gaelic language and that you are prepared to spend time discussing the situation in the community. But where have you all been for the last 30 years. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

It is very clear that Gaelic is disappearing from communities in the Western Isles and elsewhere, but few seem to have any answers on what needs to be done including Bord na Gaidhlig.

There are 10 major areas needing almost instant work in order to keep Gaelic as a day to day spoken
language but only two are being tackled in any significant way presently.

Without a strong Gaelic speaking area Gaelic will disappear and in order to have these two major ares of work need to be undertaken
a) we need to have have language acquisition courses rather than language learning courses and they must be able to bring a complete learner to conversational Gaelic within 8 weeks maximum, and within any environment, longer than that is far too slow.

But where have you all been for the last 30 years.