Cromarty dialect

{{short description|Extinct dialect of Scots spoken in Cromarty}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|extinct=2 October 2012, with the death of Bobby Hogg

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|fam3=West Germanic

|fam4=Anglo-Frisian

|fam5=Anglic

|fam6=Scots

|fam7=Northern Scots

|fam8=North Northern Scots

|fam9=Black Isle

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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.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-19802616 "Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies"], BBC News, 2 October 2012.{{cite web| url = https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-robert-bobby-hogg-engineer-and-last-speaker-of-the-cromarty-dialect-1-2576251| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171009135239/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-robert-bobby-hogg-engineer-and-last-speaker-of-the-cromarty-dialect-1-2576251| archive-date = 2017-10-09| title = Obituary: Robert (Bobby) Hogg, engineer and last speaker of the Cromarty dialect - The Scotsman}}

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.