The Cromarty dialect of

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was spoken in

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. The

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originated from people who moved north from the

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in the 15th and 16th centuries. The last native speaker of the dialect, Bobby Hogg, died in 2012 at age 92."Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies"
BBC News, 2 October 2012. The dialect had a heavy influence on both

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and

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. The dialect was recorded by Am Baile (The

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's culture division) so that if it were to die out it could still be read and studied.

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