Scots

E4354

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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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Scots (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 (21)

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 (1,232)

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

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