Cromarty dialect

The Cromarty dialect of North Northern Scots was spoken in Cromarty, Scotland. The dialect originated from people who moved north from the Firth of Forth in the 15th and 16th centuries. The last native speaker of the dialect, Bobby Hogg, died in 2012 at age 92.^[2][1]

Cromarty Scots
Native to	Scotland
Region	Cromarty
Extinct	2 October 2012, with the death of Bobby Hogg[1]
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Scots Northern Scots North Northern Scots Black Isle Cromarty Scots
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

The dialect had a heavy influence on both Highland English and Scottish Gaelic. The dialect was recorded by Am Baile (The Highland Council's culture division) so that if it were to die out it could still be read and studied.