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Anmoch tro na h-ochdamh linn deug agus tràth sa naoidheamh linn deug, dh’in-imirich Gàidheal na h-Alba nam mìltean, a-staigh do dh’Alba Nuadh, mar thoradh air aimhreit shòisealta ‘s ain-fhois eaconamach an dùthaich. Ged nach robh stùthan cosgail idir aca, thug iad traidiseanan ciùil ‘s labhairt a bha seasmhach, prìseal, beartach leotha, a sheasas laidir ri taobh cuid anns na Roinn Eòrpa. Bonnaichte leis a’ chànain, ghabh a’ chultar freumh làidir ann an talamh na h-Albainn Nuaidh ’s i a dh’fàs.
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Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language, like Welsh and Breton, which is closely related to Irish. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, tens of thousands of Scottish Gaelic Highlanders emigrated to Nova Scotia as a result of massive social and economic unrest at home. Though largely lacking in material wealth they brought with them a robust musical tradition and one of the richest oral heritages in all of Western Europe. Anchored by the language, their culture took root in Nova Scotia and flourished.
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