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How did MacLean modernize the Gaelic language?

  • By incorporating it with modern European elements

  • By introducing slang

  • By shortening it

  • By creating a Gaelic alphabet

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To modernize the Gaelic language, MacLean incorporated it with modern European elements. He did this by incorporating new words from European languages, as well as new grammatical structures. This made the Gaelic language more accessible to a wider audience, and helped to make it a more relevant language in the modern world.
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