Mar a Chunnaic Mise: Nancy Dorian agus a' Ghaidhlig

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17/12/2015

BBC ALBA - Mar a Chunnaic Mise: Nancy Dorian agus a' Ghaidhlig

Documentary on Nancy C Dorian, who has studied the last speakers of East Sutherland Gaelic

Documentary following Professor Nancy C Dorian, a linguist who has spent a large part of her academic career studying the speech of the last speakers of East Sutherland Gaelic.

Na bu thràighe dhen bhliadhna chaidh ceum urramach a bhuileachadh air a' chànanaiche chlùiteach, An t-Àrd-Oll. Nancy C. Dorian, a tha air mòran bhliadhnaichean a chuir seachad a' rannsachadh luchd-bruidhinn mu dheireadh dual-chainnt Gàidhlig taobh sear Chataibh. Ann an Mar a' Chunnaic Mise: Nancy Dorian agus a' Ghàidhlig cothrom barrachd fhaighinn a-mach mu a rannsachadh air an dual-chainnt shònraichte seo agus dàimh aice ris an dithis pheathraichean a tha ga chumail beò.

In 2015, Glasgow University conferred an honorary degree on Professor Nancy C Dorian, an eminent linguist who has spent a large part of her academic career studying the speech of the last speakers of East Sutherland Gaelic. This programme offers a chance to find out more about her work in the coastal villages of Brora, Golspie and Embo and her enduring friendships with two of the last remaining speakers of this dying dialect.

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