Highland English

Not to be confused with Scottish Gaelic or Scots language.

Highland English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in Gaelic-speaking areas and the Hebrides.^[1] It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than are other forms of Scottish English.^[2][3]

Highland English
Native to	United Kingdom
Region	Scotland
Ethnicity	Scots
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English Scottish English Highland English
Early forms	Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
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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".^[4]

Vocabulary

• Up south and down north, as opposed to the usual English up north and down south, are used in parts of the Highlands and Islands, most notably in Uist.^[5][6] It is likely derived from Gaelic usage, attested in the Wester Ross dialect.^[7]

See also

• Lowland Scots

Other English dialects influenced by Celtic languages

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