Scottish Black Isle dialect silenced forever as last native speaker dies aged 92

[Jordan Lachler]

Final word from Cromarty: Scottish Black Isle dialect silenced forever as
last native speaker dies aged 92

   - Bobby Hogg was the last person still fluent in the fisherfolk dialect
   - His younger brother Gordon had been the second speaker of the Cromarty
   language until he passed away last year aged 86

 By Jane Borland<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Jane+Borland+>

 *PUBLISHED:* 20:17 GMT, 3 October 2012 | *UPDATED:* 20:17 GMT, 3 October
2012
It was a traditional dialect used for centuries by fisherfolk.

But yesterday it emerged that the language of Cromarty had finally died
with the passing of its last speaker.

Bobby Hogg was the only person still fluent in the age-old tongue of the
Black Isle and his death at the age of 92 means it will now exist only in
audio recordings.

Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2212466/Final-word-Scottish-Cromarty-dialect-silenced-forever-native-speaker-dies-aged-92.html<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2212466/Final-word-Scottish-Cromarty-dialect-silenced-forever-native-speaker-dies-aged-92.html#ixzz28jQMGdAx>
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