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itvstart">2006-2-13</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Inverness, Scotland">Inverness</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Public_bodies_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Public bodies of the Scottish Government">NDPB</a> executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Shona NicIlleathain</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gaidhlig.scot/">www<wbr />.gaidhlig<wbr />.scot</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3361399#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Bòrd na Gàidhlig</span></span></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[ˈpɔːrˠt̪<span class="wrap"> </span>nə<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈkaːlɪkʲ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Gaelic Board</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Executive_non-departmental_public_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive non-departmental public body">executive non-departmental public body</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> with responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Gaelic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was established by an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 2005 (which took effect in early 2006) and is based in <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B2rd_na_G%C3%A0idhlig&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Bòrd na Gàidhlig</span></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Non-departmental_public_body" title="Non-departmental public body">non-departmental public body</a> constituted of members of the board, whose role is "to provide leadership, direction, support and guidance" to the body, and staff who are typically full-time public sector employees and who carry out the day-to-day work of the body. The head of the board is the <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">cathraiche</i></span> (chairperson) and the head of the staff is the <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">ceannard</i></span> (chief executive).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">ceannard</i></span> is <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Shona NicIlleathain</span></span>; a non-native Gaelic speaker, she studied the language at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> and <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sabhal_M%C3%B2r_Ostaig" title="Sabhal Mòr Ostaig">Sabhal Mòr Ostaig</a></span></span> and had worked at the <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Bòrd</span></span> for twenty years prior to taking over the office in June 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B2rd_na_G%C3%A0idhlig&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Bòrd na Gàidhlig</span></span> was designated as the body responsible for implementing the <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Language_(Scotland)_Act_2005" title="Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005">Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005</a> and specifically, as stated in the Act, "securing the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bòrd represents a cornerstone of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>'s implementation of their duties under the <a href="/wiki/European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages" title="European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages</a>. </p><p>The first <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">cathraiche</i></span> of the eight member <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Bòrd</span></span> was <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Donnchadh MacFhearghais</span></span> (Duncan Ferguson) from <a href="/wiki/Islay" title="Islay">Islay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">rector</a> of <a href="/wiki/Plockton" title="Plockton">Plockton</a> High School, former convenor of <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Comunn_Luchd-Ionnsachaidh" class="mw-redirect" title="Comunn Luchd-Ionnsachaidh">Comunn Luchd-Ionnsachaidh</a></span></span>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Comunn_na_G%C3%A0idhlig" title="Comunn na Gàidhlig">Comunn na Gàidhlig</a></span></span>, and director of the steering committee for <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> Gaelic programming. In March 2012, following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Cormack" title="Arthur Cormack">Arthur Cormack</a>, who had been appointed in February 2009 after holding the position of interim Chair from July 2008, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_McAtear&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elizabeth McAtear (page does not exist)">Elizabeth McAtear</a> was appointed by the <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;">Bòrd</span></span> as interim Chair before the full recruitment process for a replacement Chair.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Sanas.jpg/250px-Sanas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Sanas.jpg/330px-Sanas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Sanas.jpg/500px-Sanas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption>Place names in their original <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Gaelic</a> are becoming increasingly common on road signs throughout the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Scottish Highlands</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B2rd_na_G%C3%A0idhlig&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A0idhealtachd" title="Gàidhealtachd">Gàidhealtachd</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Scotland" title="Languages of Scotland">Languages of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_revitalization" title="Language revitalization">Language revitalization</a></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%B2iseact_nan_Ealan" title="Pròiseact nan Ealan">Pròiseact nan Ealan</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columba_Project" title="Columba Project">Columba Project</a></li> <li><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/Foras_na_Gaeilge" title="Foras na Gaeilge">Foras na Gaeilge</a></i></span>, all-Ireland agency set up to promote the Irish language under the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a> of 1998.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 January</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=B%C3%B2rd+na+G%C3%A0idhlig+a%27+fastadh+Ceannard+%C3%99r&rft.pub=B%C3%B2rd+na+G%C3%A0idhlig&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaidhlig.org.uk%2Fbord%2Fbord-na-gaidhlig-fastadh-ceannard-ur%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AB%C3%B2rd+na+G%C3%A0idhlig" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/7/contents">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/7/contents</a>, retrieved 24-6-2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/03/Gaelic-07032012">"Statement on Bòrd na Gàidhlig and the resignation of Arthur Cormack from the Scottish Government"</a>. 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