Cromarty dialect

Extinct dialect of Scots spoken in Cromarty

Cromarty Scots
Native toScotland
RegionCromarty
Extinct2 October 2012, with the death of Bobby Hogg[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Germanic
    • West Germanic
      • Anglo-Frisian
        • Anglic
          • Scots
            • Northern Scots
              • North Northern Scots
                • Black Isle
                  • Cromarty Scots
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

The Cromarty dialect of North Northern Scots was spoken in Cromarty, Scotland. The dialect originated from people who moved north from the Firth of Forth in the 15th and 16th centuries. The last native speaker of the dialect, Bobby Hogg, died in 2012 at age 92.[2][1]

The dialect had a heavy influence from both Highland English and Scottish Gaelic. The dialect was recorded by Am Baile (The Highland Council's culture division) so that if it was to die out it could still be read and studied.

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Robert (Bobby) Hogg, engineer and last speaker of the Cromarty dialect - The Scotsman". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies", BBC News, 2 October 2012.


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