Dr William Lamb, of the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies, suggests that although there were over 200 varieties of Gaelic spoken in the 1950s, only the Lewis and South Uist versions will be strong enough to survive within their communities – though even those are being challenged on a daily basis.
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Gaelic dialects dying out as mid-Minch voices take over
GAELIC dialects are in danger of dying out, an Edinburgh University academic has warned.
