Internet giants Google are being urged to add the Gaelic language to the database of its widely used online translation service.
It follows a successful campaign in New Zealand which resulted in the search engine service agreeing to include Maori to its translator app, despite a core number of just 30,000 speakers.
Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser called on the Scottish Government and the taxpayer-funded Gaelic Board to work with Google to feature the centuries-old Celtic tongue alongside Welsh and Irish.
Mr Murdo said the board, which was set up to promote Gaelic globally, should use some of its £2.6 million annual development fund to launch an initiative similar to the one led by Kiwi academics, volunteers and native speakers.
He said the omission had recently caused embarrassment for Police Scotland when they used Google Translate to process their website into 66 different languages — but not Scots Gaelic. More.
See: The Courier
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