Antrim Irish | |
Also Known As: | Antrim Gaelic East Ulster Irish East Ulster Gaelic |
Nativename: | Gaedhilge[1] |
States: | Ireland |
Region: | Ulster |
Ethnicity: | Irish people |
Extinct: | February 1983 (Rathlin Dialect)[2] |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam2: | Celtic |
Fam3: | Insular Celtic |
Fam4: | Goidelic |
Fam5: | Ulster Irish |
Ancestor: | Proto-Indo-European |
Ancestor2: | Proto-Celtic |
Ancestor3: | Proto-Goidelic |
Ancestor4: | Primitive Irish |
Ancestor5: | Old Irish |
Ancestor6: | Middle Irish |
Ancestor7: | Early Modern Irish |
Ancestor8: | Modern Irish |
Dia1: | Rathlin Island [3] Glens |
Script: | Latin (Irish alphabet) Irish Braille |
Imagescale: | 1.45 |
The Antrim Dialect is an extinct dialect of Ulster Irish formerly spoken in County Antrim until its extinction in February 1983 following the death of Séamus Bhriain Mac Amhlaig.[4] [5]
Since it survived into the 20th century it is well attested such as the Doegen Recordings.[6]