Kintyre Gaelic
Kintyre Gaelic is an endangered dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken around Kintyre[1][2] until the 1900s. It is considered[by whom?] one of the oldest dialects of Scottish Gaelic.[citation needed]
As of 2001, there were 489 Gaelic speakers in Dal Riada and Kintyre.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Gaelic in Kintyre" (PDF). www.argyll-bute.gov.uk.
- ^ Holmer (1962).
- ^ Duwe (2012), p. 11.
References
[edit]- Holmer, Nils M. (1962), The Gaelic of Kintyre, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, ISBN 978-0-901282-43-9
- Duwe, Kurt C. (April 2012), "Dal Riada & Cinn Tìre (Mid Argyll & Kintyre)" (PDF), Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Local Studies, 25, Akerbeltz
Further reading
[edit]- Pentecost, Linden Alexander. "Kintyre Gaelic dialects and links to the ancient past" – via bookofdunbarra.co.uk.
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