Cromarty dialect
| Cromarty | |
|---|---|
| Cromarty Scots | |
| Native to | Scotland |
| Region | Cromarty |
| Extinct | 2 October 2012, with the death of Bobby Hogg[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
The Cromarty dialect, sometimes called Cromarty Fisherfolk dialect[2], of North Northern Scots was spoken in Cromarty, Scotland. The dialect originated from people, especially fishermen,[3] 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.[4][1]
The dialect had a heavy influence on both Highland English and Scottish Gaelic. The dialect was recorded by Am Baile (The Highland Council's culture division) so that if it were to die out it could still be read and studied.
Phonology
[edit source]In the Cromarty dialect, the initial sound of interrogative pronouns were dropped.[2]
Vocabulary
[edit source]The archaic second person pronouns thou, thee, thy, thine, and thyself were still in common in the dialect well into the 20th century.[2]
Resources
[edit source]- Cromarty Fishertoun Dictionary, Cromarty Museum, Link
References
[edit source]- 1 2 "Obituary: Robert (Bobby) Hogg, engineer and last speaker of the Cromarty dialect - The Scotsman". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Search – High Life Highland". www.ambaile.org.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Cromarty may have gone, but now we have Spanglish, Simon Jenkins (Thu 4 Oct 2012), The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/04/cromarty-gone-now-have-spanglish
- ↑ "Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies", BBC News, 2 October 2012.
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