In my first look at the results of the 2022 Scottish Census back in May, I noticed a significant drop in the proportion of those under the age of 16 who reported they could speak Scots, perhaps a larger drop than in any other age bracket, and I put this down to a collapse in inter-generational transmission of the language.
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Further adventures with the Scottish Census
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In my first look at the results of the 2022 Scottish Census back in May, I noticed a significant drop in the proportion of those under the age of 16 who reported they could speak Scots, perhaps a larger drop than in any other age bracket, and I put this down to a collapse in inter-generational transmission of the language.