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.

Charlotte Carpenter languageOfWorkOrName Scots
subject surface form: Walter Scott
Edwin Poots ethnicGroup Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Seafield hasLanguage Scots
Fraserburgh language Scots
Dumbarton language Scots
George (given name) hasLanguageOfUse Scots
subject surface form: George
Longniddry language Scots
Glenarm hasMinorityLanguage Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Alloa language Scots
North/South Language Body language Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch languageOfName Scots
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Donald Cargill language Scots
Innerleithen language Scots
Young Tom Morris language Scots
Westray hasTraditionalDialect Scots
this entity surface form: Orcadian Scots
Gala Water (river in Scotland) hasAlternativeNameLanguage Scots
subject surface form: Gala Water
Bowhill hasLanguage Scots
Drummond languageOfOrigin Scots
West Dunbartonshire council area hasMinorityLanguage Scots
subject surface form: West Dunbartonshire
Scottish medieval chronicles language Scots
this entity surface form: Middle Scots
Gairie Burn hasNameEtymology Scots
this entity surface form: Scots language
Renfrew language Scots
Haymarket languageUsed Scots
Marr languageOfOrigin Scots
GOUROCK languageUsed Scots
subject surface form: Gourock
Rutherglen language Scots
Andrew Moray language Scots