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There are sufficient clues in isolated place and river names (like the Esk) that it was also spoken in the Lothians, though displaced there earlier than in the remainder of Scotland.
Ewan Campbell makes some valid points about the Dalriadan community probably being indigenous, as opposed to imported from Ireland, due to the paucity of actual Irish artefacts found around Dunadd compared to locally-produced items (often utilising elements from as far afield as the Mediterranean).
And I agree with SR regarding the Kernow language, there are many proofs that it was at one time both indigenous and flourishing. As with so many other languages, Gaelic included, it has suffered through influxes of those who do not speak it as a native tongue and would prefer to see it die. Manx also springs to mind.
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