My Great Aunt Fiona was from Arran and spoke Gaelic. She died in the late 90s. She must've been at least in her 70s, but maybe her 80s. There are no recordings of her and my Scottish family had no interest in her mother tongue, so I'll never be sure if she spoke Arran Gaelic or not. I like to think so, though.
It's a heck of a lot closer to Irish than I suspected! Although, judging by the fact that ourselves in Cowal would have used 'gu robh math agad/agaibh', would that not have been true of Arran? I have never heard anyone south of Skye using 'Tapadh leat/leibh'....
really? wow. He must have been one of the last speakers then. The language had been declining since about 1900, there were still a large amount of speakers in the 50s, but in the 19s I think the last speaker died :( Why did the Duke speak Arran Gaelic?
'Any recordings of actual native speakers of this dialect?
Solstisol 1 month ago
n n n nice
MusicPredominates 1 month ago
tapadh leat airson do video, cum suas e.
joelceol 4 months ago
My Great Aunt Fiona was from Arran and spoke Gaelic. She died in the late 90s. She must've been at least in her 70s, but maybe her 80s. There are no recordings of her and my Scottish family had no interest in her mother tongue, so I'll never be sure if she spoke Arran Gaelic or not. I like to think so, though.
cuimreach 9 months ago
It's a heck of a lot closer to Irish than I suspected! Although, judging by the fact that ourselves in Cowal would have used 'gu robh math agad/agaibh', would that not have been true of Arran? I have never heard anyone south of Skye using 'Tapadh leat/leibh'....
'eil gu leòr a Ghàidhlig agad ma-tà 'ille? :)
AdhamhMacLeoid 1 year ago
'S mi ag ionnschadh cananach airson, tha seo inntinneach. Tapaidh Leibh!
sk8tertater 1 year ago
Sounds much like Irish. Too bad this dialect didn't survive; it's beautiful...
bb3ca201 1 year ago
The only other man I ever heard speaking Arran Gaelic was James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose. :-)
UISTMAN59 2 years ago
@UISTMAN59
really? wow. He must have been one of the last speakers then. The language had been declining since about 1900, there were still a large amount of speakers in the 50s, but in the 19s I think the last speaker died :( Why did the Duke speak Arran Gaelic?
LLanidloesywddar 1 year ago
@LLanidloesywddar Because his father's gamekeeper spoke it and he learnt it from him.
UISTMAN59 1 year ago
the language of love
pattah 2 years ago
@pattah
ah thankyou :)
LLanidloesywddar 2 years ago
i wish i could speak this language very badly
TheKateconner 2 years ago
well done, you should do more.
monkeyapplenerd 2 years ago
cheers, I shall I think :)
LLanidloesywddar 2 years ago
Taing mhòr. Seo an ciad uair a chluinn mi i. Leugh mi mu dèidhinn ron a seo ged-thà. 'S truagh nach eil an dualchainnt beò fhathast.
alasdair4445 2 years ago
Very interesting to hear. Moran Taing!
MacSteaphain 2 years ago