Highland English

Highland English
Highland English
Highlander English
English
Native to	United Kingdom
Region	Scottish Highlands
Ethnicity	Scottish people
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic British English Scottish English Highland English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Scotland
Regulated by	[[]]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
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Highland English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in Scottish Gaelic-speaking areas and the Hebrides. It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than are other forms of Scottish English.

Phonology

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The epenthesis ("helping vowel"), which is used in some consonant combinations in Scottish Gaelic and Modern Scots, is sometimes used in the Hebrides and so "film" may be pronounced "fillum".

References

↑ "HIGHLAND ENGLISH | Encyclopedia.com". Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
↑ 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

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

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[1] "HIGHLAND ENGLISH | Encyclopedia.com". Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[2] Jones, Charles (1997). The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 566–567. ISBN 978-0-7486-0754-9.

[3] McMahon, April M. S. (2000). Lexical Phonology and the History of English. Cambridge University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-521-47280-7.

[4] 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

Highland English

Phonology

See also

References

Sources