Sunday 16 February 2014

Frequently Asked Questions about Ulster Scots

Here's a link to the DCAL FAQ on Irish and Ulster-Scots and the DCAL's position on language diversity. The first set of questions and answers are in English. If you scroll down it turns out that (unexpectedly) there is a whole set of Irish translations of the questions and answers (it would probably be better if they indicated this at the start of the page, but sure.) However there's no such section in Ulster Scots even though this is the government's official page to explain to minority language speakers how to contact the government if they're more comfortable in their own language. How should we interpret that - is it the government's admission that they don't actually think there is anyone who would read such a page? In any case I've found a rich source of information here on the government's official line, so I'll be reading and posting about that this week (tomorrow!)

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