Scots leid

Scots
(Braid) Scots, Lallans
Native tae	Unitit Kinrick, Republic o Ireland
Region	Scotland: Scots Lawlands, Northren Isles, Caithness, Arran an Cammeltoun Ulster (Ireland): Coonties Doun, Antrim, Derry an Donegal
Native speakers	(110,000–125,000 citit 1999–2011)[1] 1.5 million L2 speakers.[2] In the 2011 census, respondents indicatit that 1.54 million (30%) are able tae speak Scots.[3]
Leid faimily	Indo-European Germanic Wast Germanic Anglo-Frisie Anglic Scots
Early forms	Auld Inglis Middle Inglis Early Scots Middle Scots
Dialects	Central Soothren Ulster Northren Insular
Writin seestem	Laitin
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Scotland[4]
Recognised minority leid in	Northren Ireland (as Ulster Scots)
Regulatit bi	— Scotland: Nane, altho the Dictionar o the Scots Leid carries muckle authoritie in the Scots Govrenment's Partnership for a Better Scotland coalition agreement (2003) promises "support".. — Ireland: Nane, altho the cross-border Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch, established aes an ootcome o the Guid Friday Greeance, promotes ussage.
Leid codes
ISO 639-2	sco
ISO 639-3	sco
Linguasphere	52-ABA-aa (varieties: 52-ABA-aaa to -aav)
Auries whaur the Scots leid wis spoken in the 20t century[5][6]

Scots (or "Lallans", Inglis translation lowlands or Scots; "lawland Scots", Scots Gaelic: Beurla Ghallta/Albais) is a Wast Germanic leid o tha Anglic varietie that's spaken on tha Lawlands o Scotland an en tha stewartrie o Ulster en Ireland (whaur it's kent as "Ulster-Scots", "Scotch", or "Ullans"). En maist airts, it is spaken anent tha an Inglis leid.

Up til tha 15t yeirhunder Scottis (modern furm Scots) wis the name o the Gallic, the Celtic leid o the aunshint Scots. Thaim that bruikit Scots cried tha Gaelic Erse (meinin Irish). Tha Gallic o Scotland is noo maistly cried the Scots Gallic an is yit spaken bi sum en tha western Scots Hielands an ilands. Fur tha maist pairt, Scots originatit fae tha Northumbrian variety o Anglo-Saxon (Auld Inglis), tho wi a meikle influence fae the Auld Norse o the Vikings, the Dutch an law Saxon thro troke wi (an incummers fae) tha law kintras, an tha Romance fae itse uise in the Kirk an legal Latin, Anglo-Norman an possibly Pairisian French cause o the Auld Alliance.

Anglian spikkers wir weil staiblisht in sooth-eist Scotland bi tha 7t yeirhunder. In tha 13t yeirhunder Norman launainers an thair reteiners, speakin Northumbrian Middil Inglis, war bade tae cum an sattil bi tha King. Scots kyth'd fer tha first tym en scrieved form en tha mids o tha 14t yeirhunder an didnae differ mukkil fae ither northren Inglis byleids. The Anglian leid o Scotland gra an its ain sinsyn. Bi tha lat 15t yeirhunder tha sicht fowk haed o tha differs wi tha leid spaken faurder sooth cam til tha fore an Scots-spikkin Scots begoud tae crie thair leid "Scots". Scots haes lend-wirds fae tha fak thit tha Scots fowk haed contak wi Gaelic spikkers. Thair lend-wirds is fer ordinair anerlì fer geographical an cultural hings, sik as clan an loch. Lyk onì leivin leid, Scots haes chynged ae bittie ower tha yeirs, tho hit haes arguablì stey'd naurer til its Anglo-Saxon springheid nor Inglis. Monie Scots wirds hae becum pairt o the Inglis ava: flit, greed, eerie, cuddle, clan, stob.

In Scotland's census o 2011, ae speir on Scots wis speired.

1. ↑ 7% o the population (100,000–115,000) report uising Scots at home in the 2011 census; 10,000 speakers in Ireland are reportit bi Ethnologue
2. ↑ Scots leid at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
3. ↑ Scotland's Census 2011 - Scots language skills
4. ↑ "FACT: SCOTLAND'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ARE ENGLISH, SCOTS, GAELIC & BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE". Scotland.org. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2023.
5. ↑ Grant, William (1931) Scottish National Dictionary Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
6. ↑ Gregg R.J. (1972) The Scotch-Irish Dialect Boundaries in Ulster in Wakelin M.F., Patterns in the Folk Speech of The British Isles, London