Highland English
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Highland English (Scots: Hieland Inglis[citation needed]) is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides.[citation needed] It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than other forms of Scottish English.[1][2]
Phonology[edit]
- The svarabhakti ("helping vowel") that is used in some consonant combinations in Gaelic and Scots is sometimes used in the Hebrides, so that "film" may be pronounced "fillum".[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Jones, Charles (1997). The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 566–567. ISBN 978-0-7486-0754-9.
- ^ McMahon, April M. S. (2000). Lexical Phonology and the History of English. Cambridge University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-521-47280-7.
- ^ Shuken, Cynthia "Highland and Island English", in Trudgill, Peter (1984). Language in the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-521-28409-7
Sources[edit]
- Sabban, Annette (1982), Sprachkontakt: zur Variabilität des Englischen im gälischsprachigen Gebiet Schottlands ; eine empirische Studie, Heidelberg: Groos.
- Watson, Murray (2003) Being English in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1859-7
See also[edit]
- Other English dialects influenced by Celtic languages