Audio Resources
You can find some recordings of native speakers as well as new material here
If you have anything from Perthshire or find anything from the area, please let us know!
OLD RECORDINGS
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This is a recording of an old speaker from Braemar by the name of Jessie MacDonald. Whilst her gaelic features some unique features, its fair to say that it is very close to that of Atholl etc. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/83086/1
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This is a recording of Tony Dilworth, writer of Tales of Highland Perthshire. In it, he gives us a look into the dialect. (Gaelic only) http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/19999/3
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These are recordings from a lady who lived in Perthshire, though her dialect was ever so slightly different from that of Blair Atholl. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=354
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This is a speaker from Dull. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=2977
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This is a speaker from Kenmore. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=3433
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This speaker is a native of West Perthshire, but there are similarities between the dialects. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=5030
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This fellow is from Perthshire. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=5106
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This guy is from Glen Lyon. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=5138
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As is this guy. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=3397
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Another Kenmore speaker. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=7414
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A Killin speaker. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=10496
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A speaker from Logierait. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/searchperson?id=2254
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This fellow is also from Perthshire and his Gaelic is very close in ways to East Perthshire. https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/person/5106?l=en
Course (kinda)
Recordings available on YouTube to introduce and talk about the language
Other Resources
The IPA as used by Ó Murchú
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic
We recommend two books that will aid in your quest to learn Perthshire Gaelic
East Perthshire Gaelic: social history, phonology, texts, and lexicon
https://books.dias.ie/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=86
Tales from Highland Perthshire
https://gaelicbooks.org/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_82&product_id=212&limit=100
Here are some books that are available online
Armstrongs Gaelic Dictionary, a dictionary that features a lot of words from Perthshire as the writer was a Perthshire native.
https://archive.org/details/gaelicdictionary00armsuoft/page/n6/mode/2up
A great guide to Perthshire Gaelic from the Inverness Gaelic Society.
https://archive.org/details/transactionsgae01unkngoog/page/n28/mode/2up
The Book of Dean, probably the oldest form of Perthshire Gaelic we have.
https://www.electricscotland.com/history/literat/deanof.htm
https://archive.org/details/deanlismoresboo00skengoog/page/n12/mode/2up
The Gaelic Etymology Dictionary
It features words from East Perthshire, as well as some from Badenoch
https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00macbuoft
I have added The Poetry of Badenoch as the East Perthshire and Badenoch dialects seem to have a lot of crossover
https://archive.org/details/poetrybadenoch00sintgoog/page/232/mode/2up
Papers
The following is a fantastic look into the grammatical features of Gaelic from all around Scotland. It gives a great insight into the features that were and weren't prevelant.
https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5378/
Further web links
The best online dictionary
This archive has many gaelic books and one can search by area. They also feature words collected from speakers of many different areas.
Another great collection of old books with some Perthshire Gaelic to be found. Have a search for the An Deo Greine books. They have a lot of interesting vocabulary.
https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/75733573
Gaelic Society of Inverness books
This collection has some amazing gems, including articles written about the dialects of Badenoch, Braemar, Strath Spey and Perthshire. Check out their list on topics in the books to see if there is anything that you feel might be helpful.
https://www.gsi.org.uk/collections
Language Learning Application
This is an app I have been working on with the aid of AI. It is in .py format and has a bunch of includes. I don't know if it works on other systems, but it definitely works on popOS. Please feel free to use it however you like, though I make no guarantees and I will not be maintaining it or updating it unless I run into problems myself. I will at some stage try to make some builds of it.