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Kintyre Gaelic

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Kintyre Gaelic is an endangered dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken around Kintyre[1][2] and Auchindrain[3] until the 1900s. It is considered one of the oldest dialects of Scottish Gaelic. However, as of 2001 it only had 489 speakers[4] out of the 4,145 Speakers in Argyll and Bute as of 2021.[5]

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  1. ^ "Gaelic in Kintyre" (PDF). www.argyll-bute.gov.uk.
  2. ^ Holmer, Nils Magnus (October 15, 1962). The Gaelic of Kintyre. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. ISBN 978-0-901282-43-9 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Gaelic in Auchindrain | Auchindrain Township | Our Blog". www.auchindrain.org.uk.
  4. ^ Duwe, Kurt C. "Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Local Studies - Vol. 25: Dal Riada & Cinn Tìre (Mid Argyll & Kintyre)" (PDF). www.akerbeltz.org.
  5. ^ "Census Results - Home". www.scrol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-11.