I have a passion for my roots, so for me personally its a 'no brainer' as to why I would want to learn the language of my ancestors. While searching for information on the language I came across a book that I found particularly interesting. "Scottish Gaelic: Voices of my Celtic Ghosts" by Glenn Dixon. Its a very short book at just 76 pages, but it talks about languages and their rate of disappearance. I picked it up free on my "nook", and its the "lend me" version so if anyone is interested and has a nook, I can lend it.