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.

All labels observed (18)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language
language
minority language
closelyRelatedTo English language
developedFrom Early Middle English
linked to: Middle English

Northumbrian Old English
linked to: Northumbrian
hasAlternativeName Lowland Scots
linked to: Scots

Scots language
linked to: Scots
hasDialect Central Scots
linked to: Scots

Doric
Insular Scots
linked to: Scots

Southern Scots
linked to: Scots

Ulster Scots
linked to: 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 Lowland Scotland
Ulster
influencedBy French language
Latin language
linked to: Latin

Old Norse
linked to: Norse

Scottish Gaelic
isDistinctFrom Scottish English
Scottish Gaelic
ISO639-1Code sco
ISO639-2Code sco
ISO639-3Code sco
languageFamily Indo-European languages
recognizedUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
region Lowlands of Scotland
spokenIn Northern Ireland
Scotland
Ulster
status endangered language
subfamily Germanic languages
West Germanic languages
timeDepth medieval period
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (870)

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Fife Council language Scots
Kirk hasLanguageOfOrigin Scots
Angus regionalLanguage Scots
Belfast hasRegionalLanguage Ulster Scots
linked to: Scots
Scottish Islands language Scots
Norse influenced Scots language
linked to: Scots
Old English isAncestorOf Scots language
linked to: Scots
Anglo-Frisian dialects developedInto Scots language
linked to: Scots
Kirkpatrick associatedWithLanguage Scots
subject linked to: Kirkpatrick (surname)
Scots hasDialect Insular Scots
linked to: Scots
Scots hasDialect Central Scots
linked to: Scots
Scots hasDialect Southern Scots
linked to: Scots
Scots hasDialect Ulster Scots
linked to: Scots
Scots hasAlternativeName Lowland Scots
linked to: Scots
Scots hasAlternativeName Scots language
linked to: Scots
Germanic languages includesLanguage Scots language
linked to: Scots
Kirkwood languageOfOrigin Scots
subject linked to: Kirkwood (surname)
Glasgow City languageUsed Scots
Glasgow language Scots
Scottish English closelyRelatedTo Scots language
linked to: Scots
Scottish English hasLoanwordsFrom Scots language
linked to: Scots
Clan Douglas language Scots
Methil language Scots
St Monans usesLanguage Scots
John Knox language Scots
Inchkeith languageOfName Scots
Reid hasLanguageOfOrigin Scots
Inchcolm language Scots
West Germanic languages includesLanguage Scots language
linked to: Scots
Inchgarvie nameLanguage Scots
Belfast City Council usesLanguage Ulster Scots
linked to: Scots
Northern Ireland regionalLanguage Ulster Scots
linked to: Scots