 Galloway was once also a Gaelic-speaking region, but the Galwegian dialect has been extinct there for approximately three centuries.It is believed to have been home to dialects that were transitional between Scottish Gaelic and the two other Goidelic languages.While Gaelic was spoken across the Scottish Borders and Lothian during the early High Middle Ages it does not seem to have been spoken by the majority and was likely the language of the ruling elite, land-owners and religious clerics.