Skye Gaelic

Skye Gaelic is a critically endangered dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in the Isle of Skye. As of 2012, it was spoken by approximately 9% of Gaelic medium teachers. ^[1] As of 2021, the use of Gaelic on the Isle of Skye was reportedly undergoing a process of revitalisation. ^[2]

Further reading

• Robertson, Charles Moncrieff (1898). "Skye Gaelic". Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Gaelic Society of Inverness. pp. 54–89.
• Smith-Christmas, C.; Smakman, D. (2009). "Gaelic on Skye: Older speakers' identity in a language-shift situation". International Journal of the Sociology of Language (200): 27–47 – via scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl.

References

1. "Gaelic dialects 'dying out', Edinburgh academic warns". bbc.co.uk. February 10, 2012.
2. "Skye seeks to become 'stronghold' of Gaelic with help of island shops and hotels". scotsman.com. 16 December 2021.