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Canadian Gaelic (Gaelic: , locally just Gaelic or The Gaelic) is the dialect of Scots Gaelic that has been spoken continuously for more than 200 years on Cape Breton Island and in isolated enclaves on the Nova Scotia mainland. To a lesser extent the language is also spoken on nearby Prince Edward Island, and by emigrant Gaels living in major Canadian cities such as Toronto. At its peak in the mid-19th century Gaelic was the third most spoken language in Canada after English and French.[1] The language has sharply declined since that period, however, and is now nearly extinct. Recently efforts have been made to revitalise the language.