British Isles Linguistic Maps

🗺️Mapping 1️⃣2️⃣~ x Native Languages of British Isles 🇬🇧(🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿NI〓〓)🇮🇪🇮🇲🇯🇪🇬🇬

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

🧵⬇️
🟦#Gàidhlig|#Gaelic Ability Map🗺

130k🗣📖✍️💭
•57% Outer #Hebrides;
72%#Scalpay
70%+#Eriskay/#SouthUist
66%#Barra
63%#Benbecula/#NorthUist
60%#Harris
51%#Stornoway

•29% Inner #Hebrides;
44%#Tiree
36%#Skye
25%#Islay
18%#Mull

•16% NW #Highlands
🔗https://t.co/GQ954JK12N

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

1️⃣8️⃣9️⃣1️⃣ #Scotland|#Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Language Map🗺⬇️

🔵#Gaelic/#Gàidhlig Speakers 🗣
📍#Highlands & #Hebrides
254k 🗣; 44k Mono/211k Bi
🔴#Scots & #English [4m🗣] [@scotslanguage]

🗣@SpeakGaelic
📺@bbcalba
📻@BBCRnG
🎓@SabhalMorOstaig

🔗https://t.co/36q4nEaehR

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

Call for action after fall in number of children speaking Welsh https://t.co/jT9VBhn27x

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@woolismybread https://t.co/ITVjNAUkjr

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

🧵⬇️
🟦#Gàidhlig|#Gaelic Ability Map🗺

130k🗣📖✍️💭
•57% Outer #Hebrides;
72%#Scalpay
70%+#Eriskay/#SouthUist
66%#Barra
63%#Benbecula/#NorthUist
60%#Harris
51%#Stornoway

•29% Inner #Hebrides;
44%#Tiree
36%#Skye
25%#Islay
18%#Mull

•16% NW #Highlands
🔗https://t.co/GQ954JK12N

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@alanferrier https://t.co/ITVjNAUkjr

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

🧵⬇️
🟦#Gàidhlig|#Gaelic Ability Map🗺

130k🗣📖✍️💭
•57% Outer #Hebrides;
72%#Scalpay
70%+#Eriskay/#SouthUist
66%#Barra
63%#Benbecula/#NorthUist
60%#Harris
51%#Stornoway

•29% Inner #Hebrides;
44%#Tiree
36%#Skye
25%#Islay
18%#Mull

•16% NW #Highlands
🔗https://t.co/GQ954JK12N

[Brilliant Maps @BrilliantMaps]

What language is the official language in the most countries?

Data for the most speakers: https://t.co/b3lyYixkbM

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@FerusdeGeo https://t.co/1VDZnMDffv

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@CarlaBZH https://t.co/1VDZnMDffv

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[YouGov @YouGov]

Alongside 'ginnel', 'snicket' is also used across Yorkshire to refer to alleyways, while 'cut' is a common term in the North East, 'jitty' can be found in the East Midlands, and 'entry' is used on Merseyside and parts of the West Midlands

https://t.co/OIDdKNLaVx

[YouGov @YouGov]

What do you call an alleyway? Across Britain, there are more than a dozen dialect words for a narrow passageway, with 'ginnel', 'cut' and 'snicket' among the most common

Alley: 84%
Passage: 31%
Ginnel: 14%
Cut: 7%
Snicket: 6%
Entry: 6%
Close: 6%
Gully: 4%
Jitty: 4%
Wynd: 2%
Vennel: 2%
Twitten: 1%
Tenfoot/eightfoot: 1%
Pend: 1%

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Belfast to get first Ulster Scots street sign since rule change. https://t.co/LckpWoC3cr

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@Mammbreizh https://t.co/1VDZnMDffv

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@psypharmacopeia https://t.co/4zV1zm3z6P

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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Likely many will recognise Breton song 🎼

Gortoz a Ran (I'm waiting)
[Black Hawk Down 🚁 (2001) 🎼]
by Denez Prigent & Lisa Gerrard

Sang in Celtic #Breton|#Brezhoneg language which has 131,000 speakers in #Brittany 🇫🇷

🎵https://t.co/CkAK6Mw9Rv
🎥https://t.co/iuD3xKlmJN

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Lake Michigan’s largest island was once the centre of a self-declared Mormon kingdom.

Then the “king” was shot, his followers were driven off, and the island became mostly Irish, with Catholic services still being held in Irish Gaelic decades later.

This is Beaver Island.

1/n

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

🧵⬇️
🟦#Gàidhlig|#Gaelic Ability Map🗺

130k🗣📖✍️💭
•57% Outer #Hebrides;
72%#Scalpay
70%+#Eriskay/#SouthUist
66%#Barra
63%#Benbecula/#NorthUist
60%#Harris
51%#Stornoway

•29% Inner #Hebrides;
44%#Tiree
36%#Skye
25%#Islay
18%#Mull

•16% NW #Highlands
🔗https://t.co/GQ954JK12N

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[Real Counties @RealCounties]

How does ability to speak Welsh look when measured by geographic county?

Our latest graphic uses Census 2021 data, aggregated to the 13 geographic counties - with Merionethshire / Meirionnydd the highest at 56.9%.

More Census data by geographic county at https://t.co/w5jzJVGEKI.

[CommonSense Defence @DefenceSenseUK]

🇬🇮 Gibraltar National Day

Map ⬇️ created by my brother H/T @UKLanguageMaps

The spirit of the image is to highlight the vital military value 🇬🇮 provides 🇬🇧 and the vast historical ties that bind us.

A wealth of information is included, covering military, census information, previous borders etc.

🇬🇮🤝🏻🇬🇧

*C.2025, so some information dated such as HMS Trent currently.

@dparody @key2med @Gibdan1 @86SirRoge @BritishOverseas

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@spider_uli https://t.co/1VDZnMDN53

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@Mammbreizh https://t.co/1VDZnMDffv

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@Mammbreizh https://t.co/1VDZnMDffv

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

@BivelAlain https://t.co/1VDZnMDN53

[British Isles Linguistic Maps @UKLanguageMaps]

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#Breizh|#Bretagne 𝍎𝌆🇫🇷
📍https://t.co/v4xk5BScbD

🟩#Brezhoneg|#Breton Map 🗺
131k Speakers🗣|*237k Ability
6%|*13% W #Brittany
🔻1950, 1.1m|75%🗣
🔁#Celtic;#Cymraeg+#Kernewek

ℹ️@OPAB_OPLB+https://t.co/j57PFcjm9u
🌐https://t.co/acCKxYAVrw
🎥https://t.co/aLfGLu71po