Nancy C. Dorian is an American linguist who has carried out research into the death of the East Sutherland dialect of Scottish Gaelic for over 40 years, particularly in the villages of Brora, Golspie and Embo. Her study into the decline of Gaelic in East Sutherland is considered an important and detailed study of language death.Dorian first went to study in East Sutherland in Scotland in 1963.