Highland English

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Highland English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in Gaelic-speaking areas and the Hebrides.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than are other forms of Scottish English.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Phonology

• The epenthesis ("helping vowel"), which is used in some consonant combinations in Gaelic and Scots, is sometimes used in the Hebrides and so "film" may be pronounced "fillum".<ref>Shuken, Cynthia "Highland and Island English", in Trudgill, Peter (1984). Language in the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. p. 152. Template:ISBN</ref>

Vocabulary

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• Up south and down north, as opposed to the usual English up north and down south, are used in parts of the Highlands and Islands, most notably in Uist.<ref>Uist Beò</ref><ref>Lost in the Western Isles</ref> It is likely derived from Gaelic usage, attested in the Wester Ross dialect.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

See also

• Lowland Scots

Other English dialects influenced by Celtic languages

• Anglo-Cornish
• Anglo-Manx
• Bungi creole
• Hiberno-English
• Welsh English

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. Template:ISBN

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