Mid-Minch Gaelic

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Mid-Minch Gaelic
Gàidhlig meadhan na mara
Region
Western Isles
Early forms
Scottish Gaelic orthography (Latin script)
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone

Mid-Minch Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig meadhan na mara[1]) is a currently developing pan-regional form of Scottish Gaelic, loosely based on the surviving dialects of Scottish Gaelic with considerable numbers of speakers. It has also been referred to by a number of other names, such as Standard Hebridean,[5] BBC Gaelic,[2] Standard Gaelic[6] (Gàidhlig bhun-tomhasach[7]) or Mixed Gaelic (Gàidhlig Mheasgaichte).[8]

These are mostly concentrated around the North-West Highlands and Islands, including

Skye. As these cluster around The Minch, this variety has been dubbed Mid-Minch Gaelic; compare Mid-Atlantic English. The Gaelic term Gàidhlig meadhan na mara ("Mid-sea Gaelic") is somewhat wider and can be seen to incorporate varieties of Gaelic spoken further south, such as Tiree, Coll, Mull or Islay
.

As is generally the case with

dialects (e.g. East Sutherland or Perthshire
) and greater migration and urbanisation, leading to dialect mixing.

References

  1. ^ a b "Am Faclair Beag". Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Lamb, Will (1999). "A diachronic account of Gaelic news-speak: The development and expansion of a register". Scottish Studies. 19: 141–71.
  3. ^ Cate Devine (11 February 2012). "Gaelic dialects dying out as mid-Minch voices take over". The Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Gaelic dialects 'dying out', Edinburgh academic warns". BBC News Online. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  5. ISBN 0-906981-33-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  6. ISBN 978-1-907165-00-9
    .
  7. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003). Briathrachas Cànanach.
  8. ^ "Dual-chainntean a' dol à bith". BBC Alba. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
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