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===Language=== Glasgow is Scotland's main locus of [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] language use outside the [[Highlands and Islands]]. In 2011, 5,878 residents of the city over age 3 spoke Gaelic, amounting to 1.0% of the population. Of Scotland's 25 largest cities and towns, only [[Inverness]], the unofficial capital of the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]], has a higher percentage of Gaelic speakers.<ref>[http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/data-warehouse.html 2011 Scotland Census] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604200212/http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/data-warehouse.html |date=4 June 2014}}, Locality Table QS211SC.</ref> In the [[Greater Glasgow]] area there were 8,899 Gaelic-speakers, amounting to 0.8% of the population.<ref>[http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/data-warehouse.html 2011 Scotland Census] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604200212/http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/data-warehouse.html |date=4 June 2014}}, Settlement Table QS211SC.</ref> Both the Gaelic language television station [[BBC Alba]] and the Gaelic language radio station [[BBC Radio nan Gàidheal]] have studios in Glasgow, their only locations outside the [[Highlands and Islands]].<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/whatwedo/aroundtheuk/scotland.html Inside the BBC] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803040013/http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/whatwedo/aroundtheuk/scotland.html |date=3 August 2014}}", British Broadcasting Corporation, 21 November 2011, viewed 9 June 2014.</ref>
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