There aye a risk whan biggin up a stannart that there is a loss o dialeck variants. This is aften gien as a rizzon tae baud back onie stannartisation in the Scots.
Sae whit happens in the Gaelic, oor other tung? Weel the same thing o course, sauf naebodie haivers aboot shuttin doon BBC Alba tae sauf the Lewis tung…
Is there a future for regional dialects in Scottish Gaelic?The strength of the Gaelic dialects is an index – to a great extent – of how strong the language is in its native communities. In the 1950s, the Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland (SGDS) recorded language data from 207 points, extending from
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