// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Kintyre Gaelic say to the hill? "You're a high language barrier".

Kintyre Gaelic is an endangered dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken around Kintyre until the 1900s. It is related to other South Argyll dialects such as Islay and Arran Gaelic.

As of 2001, there were 489 Gaelic speakers in Dal Riada and Kintyre.

References

• Holmer, Nils M. (1962), The Gaelic of Kintyre, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, ISBN 978-0-901282-43-9 {{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• 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.