Highland English

Highland English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in Gaelic-speaking areas and the Hebrides. It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than are other forms of Scottish English.

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".

See also

• Lowland Scots

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

References

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.