Highland English

Highland English
Highland English
Native to	United Kingdom
Region	Scotland
Ethnicity	Scottish people
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English International English Commonwealth English European English Euro English British English Scottish English Highland English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
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Highland English (Scots: Hieland Inglis, Scottish Gaelic: Beurla na Gaidhealtachd)^[1] is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in Gaelic-speaking areas and the Hebrides.^[2] It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than are other forms of Scottish English.^[3]^[4]

^ Slusarz, Michal (1 January 2019). "Non-native pronunciations of English". Non-native Pronunciations of English: 6.
^ "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.

[1] Slusarz, Michal (1 January 2019). "Non-native pronunciations of English". Non-native Pronunciations of English: 6.

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

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

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

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