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| Deeside Gaelic | |
|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire Gaelic | |
| Scottish Gaelic:GàidhligShrath Deathain | |
| Region | Aberdeenshire |
| Extinct | 18 March 1984, with the death of Jean Bain |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | gd |
| ISO 639-2 | gla |
| ISO 639-3 | gla |
| Glottolog | scot1245 |
  Braemar Inverey Tullich Glen Muick Strathdon Crathie Strathspey | |
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Deeside Gaelic is an extinct dialect ofScottish Gaelic spoken inAberdeenshire until 1984.[1] Unlike a lot of extinct dialects of Scottish Gaelic, it is relatively well attested. A lot of the work pertaining to Deeside Gaelic was done by Frances Carney Diack,[2][3] and was expanded upon by David Clement, Adam Watson[4] and Seumas Grannd.[5]
In Aberdeenshire, 18% ofCrathie andBraemar and as much as 61% inInverey were bilingual in 1891.[6] By 1984, the dialect had died out.
In the mid-20th Century the Scottish Gaelic Dialect Survey was undertaken when there were still people who spoke Deeside Gaelic. Features of Deeside Gaelic include:
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