Efforts to persuade Google to establish a Scots Gaelic translation service have won backing from the Scottish Government.
The campaign spearheaded by Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser follows a successful attempt by New Zealanders to have Maori added to the Google Translate app despite a core number of just 30,000 speakers.
The online service, used by 200 million people a day, has around 66 languages on its database, including Welsh and Irish.
Mr Fraser’s crusade has won support from the Scottish Government and the Gaelic Board, otherwise known as Bord Na Gaidhlig.
David Boag, the board’s head of Gaelic usage, has told Mr Fraser he will contact the Maori corpus developers to learn what steps they took.
Minister for Scotland’s Languages, Alasdair Allan, has also given the campaign his support.
