Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1909 – 1986) was a Norwegian professor of Indo-European linguistics who made significant contributions to the scientific study of

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

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Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

. His key publications on Scottish Gaelic include: * (1937) ''The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides'' Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap 8 * (1940) ''A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland. The dialects of the Outer Hebrides'' Oslo University Press * (1941) ''A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland. The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire'' Oslo University Press

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1909 births 1986 deaths Linguists from Norway Scottish Gaelic language 20th-century linguists {{norway-linguist-stub