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    Quote Originally Posted by CollinMacD View Post
    However, Gaelic was brought over to Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland, and even in the U.S. in the Outer Banks were it flourished for years. Even slaves in the Outer Banks spoke Gaelic, learned by their Scottish Masters, and to this day, Gaelic in small pockets exist in the Outer Banks.
    What's your source for this? The Outer Banks of NC, particularly Ocracoke, have a distinctive dialect, but it's not Scots Gaelic, most likely derived instead from the West Country of England.

    Scots Gaelic was spoken by the Highlanders who settled in the Cape Fear region of NC (modern Fayetteville), but that's a long way from the Outer Banks and a different settlement pattern.

    Scots Gaelic died out in the Cape Fear region after the American Civil War.

    http://shimajournal.org/issues/v2n1/...Shima-v2n1.pdf

    https://www.ncpedia.org/hoi-toiders

    https://www.ncpedia.org/gaelic-language

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