Scots

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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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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

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

David Leslie ethnicGroup Scots
Yola sharesFeatureWith Scots
this entity surface form: Scots language
Aiken hasLanguageOfOrigin Scots
Menstrie language Scots
Dunbar historicalLanguage Scots
Kelso languageUsed Scots
Great Victoria Street railway station hasLanguage Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Hielan’ Laddie language Scots
Muckhart hasLanguage Scots
Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area localDialect Scots
this entity surface form: Orcadian Scots
Scottish crown language Scots
James Craig ethnicGroup Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
County Tyrone hasRecognisedLanguage Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Galashiels language Scots
commissioned the warship Michael languageSpoken Scots
subject surface form: James IV of Scotland
Buchan area of Aberdeenshire traditionalDialect Scots
subject surface form: Buchan
this entity surface form: Doric Scots
central Fife languageUsed Scots
Richard Cameron language Scots
Reg Empey ethnicGroup Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Sauchie languageUsed Scots
Windygates hasLanguage Scots
Selkirk languageUsed Scots
Clan MacDuff ethnicGroup Scots
Clan MacDuff language Scots
this entity surface form: Scots language
Leslie family ethnicGroup Scots
The Kingis Quair language Scots
this entity surface form: Middle Scots
Charterhouse of Perth hasLanguage Scots
this entity surface form: Middle Scots
Devonside hasLanguage Scots