Bilingual Signs In Nova Scotia.....And It's Not French!

[ghYHZ]

Some signs seen along the highways of eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island.....

[Stephane Dumas]

It's a variant of Gaelic, Nova Scotia got a wave of Scottish immigrants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Gaelic

[xcellntbuy]

For those who do not know, Nova Scotia means "New Scotland" in Latin.

[ghYHZ]

It's a variant of Gaelic, Nova Scotia got a wave of Scottish immigrants.......

Yes but the signs are more of a "tourist"  thing........not many residents would speak Gaelic. St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish does have a Celtic Studies Department where Gaelic is taught to help preserve the language.  

[Truvelo]

The last picture shows a place called Arisaig which also exists in Scotland, together with the Gaelic version called Arasaig. If this was to be in Quebec would the signs have to be trilingual?

[Dr Frankenstein]

It depends if it's spelled differently in French
... or they might just leave English out, like they usually do.

in New Brunswick, though...

[english si]

The last picture shows a place called Arisaig which also exists in Scotland, together with the Gaelic version called Arasaig.

Until I got to that one I was confused, as I couldn't think of a place that would speak Irish Gaelic in North America, as Gaelic is more common in Ireland and the names I recognised as Irish, not Scottish.

[mhallack]

These signs must be fairly new. Been to Nova Scotia in 96 and 2000, never saw any Gaelic signs anywhere (and have been all thru the province)

[Alps]

These signs must be fairly new. Been to Nova Scotia in 96 and 2000, never saw any Gaelic signs anywhere (and have been all thru the province)

They're in Clearview, to answer your question.

[ghYHZ]

These signs must be fairly new. Been to Nova Scotia in 96 and 2000, never saw any Gaelic signs anywhere (and have been all thru the province)

The signs are recent and a "Tourist"  thing only. They're found in Pictou County where the first Scottish Settlers arrived. In Antigonish County "The Highland Heart Of Nova Scotia"  and Cape Breton Island. You're not going to see them in Halifax or western NS. There is no one in NS speaking only Gaelic where a bilingual sign would be required.