Kintyre Gaelic is an endangered dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken around Kintyre until the 1900s. It is considered one of the oldest dialects of Scottish Gaelic.
As of 2001, there were 489 Gaelic speakers in Dal Riada and Kintyre.
Notes
- "Gaelic in Kintyre" (PDF). www.argyll-bute.gov.uk.
- Holmer (1962).
- Duwe (2012), p. 11.
References
- 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
- Pentecost, Linden Alexander. "Kintyre Gaelic dialects and links to the ancient past" – via bookofdunbarra.co.uk.
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