Some conclusions

• In all the Celtic Nations, except Scotland, the number of people who know the Celtic language is increasing, but these languages are almost not used in everyday life.
• The advance of this languages usage is usually as a second language in a bilingualism environment.
• Introduction of formal teaching of Celtic languages has the tendency to set up a diglossia situation in relation to the native learning.
• The Celtic languages, when studied by its social aspects, are of interest of geographers and anthropologists rather than sociolinguists and dialectologists.
• The role of official education is the key for continuity, but its implementing must be assessed considering local aspects. In some cases the validity of continuity itself should be assessed.

EXTRA MATERIAL

- The article Reversing Language Shift (alternative link) analyzes the commitment with revival in almost all the Celtic languages (Breton is excluded) and assesses the institution policies adopted by each nation.

- The article Language Revitalization and New Technologies (alternative link) talks about the use of new technologies in the language revival of Irish and Breton among others.