REFORM UK have sparked outrage after putting forward plans which would criminalise election campaign materials in Gaelic and Scots.
Nigel Farage's party has moved an amendment to a Westminster bill that would, if passed, criminalise all political materials that are not in English or Welsh.
If Reform's amendment to the Representation of the People Bill is passed, those in breach of the law could be jailed for up to six months and could also face a fine.
The amendment was put forward by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice and was backed by party MPs Lee Anderson, Sarah Pochin, Danny Kruger, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, and Suella Braverman.
The SNP have said that Reform UK are plotting "to crush Scotland's native Scots and Gaelic languages".
SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands Maree Todd said that the plans were "all too reminiscent of the brutal anti-Gaelic laws of the Highland Clearances".
She went on: “This despicable anti-Scottish amendment is deeply telling – Reform want to see any trace of our native languages removed from Scottish politics.
“Not content with plans to cut our MSPs and 'review' the powers of Holyrood, Farage and his cronies want to threaten jail time upon anyone in Scotland who publishes political materials in Scots or Gaelic."
Todd called on Reform to "do the right thing" and "apologise to the people of Scotland for attempting to criminalise election materials written in Scottish languages".
She also demanded the party "immediately withdraw this outrageous amendment".
Meanwhile, Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay said that "using censorship to control the languages people can use in political campaigns says everything about Reform UK's real priorities", particularly as "Nigel Farage has forced a by-election against Count Binface in an attempt to escape scrutiny".
She told The National: "I was proud to join Hannah Spencer on the campaign trail in Gorton and Denton earlier this year, because she treated everyone as worth speaking and listening to - but Reform UK attacked her for that inclusivity, and now they are trying to write those prejudices into law.
"The amendment would criminalise publishing election material in Gaelic, Scots and even Latin. It is so absurdly broad that it would criminalise and jail producers of campaign leaflets written in Klingon from Star Trek.
“Threatening people with prison over Klingon is clearly not a serious or sensible use of Parliament’s time, and is the kind of lawmaking Westminster produces when it is left to London to decide."
Mackay added: “Scotland should have the right to choose its own future and build an inclusive democracy that welcomes people in, respects the languages spoken and signed in our communities, and never treats accessibility as a crime.”
The Greens co-leader also pointed out that the "dangerously broad" amendment would also criminalise campaign videos in British Sign Language, which she said showed Reform are "putting up barriers and excluding people from political debate".
Language expert and journalist Sophia Smith Galer branded Reform's proposal as "plainly discriminatory", saying that it targets both indigenous UK languages and multilingual communities.
She told Byline Times: "It's discriminatory not only to the other indigenous languages of the UK affected by this ... but also to individuals who could be publishing political literature in any of the migrant languages that also have a home here.
It comes after Farage launched an attack on bilingual children in Glasgow last year, many of whom speak Gaelic, where he accused them of "culture smashing" the city.
Gaelic was given official status alongside Scots last June as part of the Scottish Languages Bill, which was voted through unanimously.
Reform UK have been approached for comment.
