 Dialects of Lowland Gaelic have been defunct since the 18th century.Gaelic in the Eastern and Southern Scottish Highlands, although alive in the mid-20th century, is now largely defunct.Although modern Scottish Gaelic is dominated by the dialects of the Outer Hebrides and Isle of Skye, there remain some speakers of the Inner Hebridean dialects of Tiree and Islay, and even a few native speakers from Highland areas including Wester Ross, northwest Sutherland, Lochaber, and Argyll.