Scots

E4354

West Germanic language language minority language

Scots is a West Germanic language historically spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster, closely related to English but with its own distinct vocabulary, grammar, and literary tradition.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Scots canonical	787
Ulster Scots	30
Middle Scots	18
Scots language	18
Lowland Scots	2
Orcadian Scots	2
Orkney Scots	2
Central Scots	1
Doric Scots	1
Insular Scots	1
Lallans Scots	1
Lowland Scot	1
Scots (historically)	1
Scots Wikinews	1
Shetland Scots	1
Shetland dialect of Scots	1
Southern Scots	1
Ulster Scots language	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic language ⓘ language ⓘ minority language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	English language ⓘ
developedFrom	Middle English ⓘ surface form: Early Middle English Northumbrian ⓘ surface form: Northumbrian Old English
hasAlternativeName	Scots ⓘ surface form: Lowland Scots Scots ⓘ surface form: Scots language
hasDialect	Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Scots Doric ⓘ Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Insular Scots Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Scots Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ulster Scots
hasDistinct	grammar ⓘ literary tradition ⓘ orthography ⓘ phonology ⓘ vocabulary ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor	Allan Ramsay ⓘ Hugh MacDiarmid ⓘ Robert Burns ⓘ Robert Fergusson ⓘ William Dunbar ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Poems of Robert Burns ⓘ The Brus ⓘ The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy ⓘ
hasRegulatoryStatus	recognized minority language in Scotland ⓘ recognized minority language in the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicallySpokenIn	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowland Scotland Ulster ⓘ
influencedBy	French language ⓘ Latin ⓘ surface form: Latin language Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Scottish English ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	sco ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	sco ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	sco ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
recognizedUnder	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
region	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
spokenIn	Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Ulster ⓘ
status	endangered language ⓘ
subfamily	Germanic languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
timeDepth	medieval period ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (870)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Gaelic → hasLoanwordsFrom → Scots ⓘ

Fife Council → language → Scots ⓘ

Kirk → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Scots ⓘ

Central Lowlands of Scotland → language → Scots ⓘ

Peerage of Scotland → hasLanguageOfTitles → Scots ⓘ

Angus → regionalLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Scottish Government → usesLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Belfast → hasRegionalLanguage → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulster Scots

Scottish Islands → language → Scots ⓘ

Norse → influenced → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Old English → isAncestorOf → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Anglo-Frisian dialects → developedInto → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Kirkpatrick (surname) → associatedWithLanguage → Scots ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkpatrick

Scots → hasDialect → Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Insular Scots

Scots → hasDialect → Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Scots

Scots → hasDialect → Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Scots

Scots → hasDialect → Scots self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulster Scots

Scots → hasAlternativeName → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowland Scots

Scots → hasAlternativeName → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Kingdom of Scotland → officialLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Kingdom of Scotland → primaryEthnicGroup → Scots ⓘ

Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Scottish royal court → languageUsed → Scots ⓘ

Kirkwood (surname) → languageOfOrigin → Scots ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkwood

Glasgow City → languageUsed → Scots ⓘ

Queen of Scots → usedInLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Glasgow → language → Scots ⓘ

Pittenweem → traditionalLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Scottish English → closelyRelatedTo → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Scottish English → hasLoanwordsFrom → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Clan Douglas → language → Scots ⓘ

Scottish Enlightenment → languageOfExpression → Scots ⓘ

Methil → language → Scots ⓘ

Crail → hasHistoricalLanguage → Scots ⓘ

St Monans → usesLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Parliament of Scotland → nativeNameLanguage → Scots ⓘ

John Knox → language → Scots ⓘ

Inchkeith → languageOfName → Scots ⓘ

Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland → language → Scots ⓘ

Edinburgh → regionalLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Scottish Parliament → officialLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Reid → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Scots ⓘ

Inchcolm → language → Scots ⓘ

West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots language

Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region → hasRecognisedLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Inchgarvie → nameLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Belfast City Council → usesLanguage → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulster Scots

Scotland → recognizedLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Robert Adam → nativeLanguage → Scots ⓘ

Northern Ireland → regionalLanguage → Scots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulster Scots