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History of the Scots language. The growth and distribution of Scots in Scotland and Ulster: Northumbrian Old English by the beginning of the 9th century in the northern portion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, now modern southeastern Scotland. Early Scots by the beginning of the 15th century. Present-day extent of Modern Scots.
The languages of Scotland belong predominantly to the Germanic and Celtic language families. The main language now spoken in Scotland is English, while Scots and Scottish Gaelic are minority languages. The dialect of English spoken in Scotland is referred to as Scottish English .
17 de mai. de 2024 · Scots language, historic language of the people of Lowland Scotland and one closely related to English. Scots is directly descended from Northern English, which displaced Scots Gaelic in portions of Scotland in the 11th–14th centuries as a consequence of Anglo-Norman rule there.
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Scots originated with the tongue of the Angles who arrived in Scotland about AD 600, or 1,400 years ago. During the Middle Ages this language developed and grew apart from its sister tongue in England, until a distinct Scots language had evolved. At one time Scots was the dominant language of Scotland, spoken by Scottish kings and queens, and ...
Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland by the Scottish government, [8] a regional or minority language of Europe, [9] and a vulnerable language by UNESCO. [10] [11] In the 2011 Scottish Census, over 1.5 million people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots.
15 de set. de 2023 · This book provides both a sociolinguistic and a linguistic history of the Scots language, spoken both in Scotland and Ulster. It provides this material in two ways, reflecting both the historical, political, and economic forces which affected the status and use of Scots and the linguistic developments through which, like all ...
Chapter. 1 What is Scots? Robert McColl Millar. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863991.003.0001. Pages. 1–18. Published: September 2023. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. This chapter considers the nature of Scots from the perspective of the sociology of language.
