Locale Gd Gb

Reference data for the Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom) locale — endonym Gàidhlig (An Rìoghachd Aonaichte), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: gd-GB
• ISO 639-1: gd
• ISO 639-3: gla
• Script: Latn (Latin)
• Region: GB (United Kingdom)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 20,000
• L2 (additional): 70,000
• L1+L2 (total): 90,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Gd 001 (Scottish Gaelic), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, two, few, other (4 forms).

• one — n = 1,11 (e.g. 1, 11)
• two — n = 2,12 (e.g. 2, 12)
• few — n = 3..10,13..19 (e.g. 3~10, 13~19)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 20~34, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Gd 001 with the conventions of Scotland (United Kingdom).

• Status: Scottish Gaelic is an official language in Scotland under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, and public bodies produce Gaelic language plans.
• Formats: pound sterling (£); dates 17 an Dàmhair 2026; 24-hour clock; decimal point.
• Bilingual material: Gaelic and English appear side by side on signs and in official documents; Gaelic names of places (for example Dùn Èideann for Edinburgh) should be used where official.

Common pitfalls

• Using Irish place or personal-name forms.
• Treating Gaelic as a decorative addition to an English sentence.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Gd 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Bòrd na Gàidhlig (https://www.gaidhlig.scot)