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Bookmark or Share- Dictionaries of the Scots Language :: What is Scots?What is Scots? Scots, along with its closest relative English, is a member of the West Germanic family of languages, a group that also includes Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, and German. It is a distinctive language, divergent from English since at least the fourteenth century.
- Scottish people - WikipediaThe Scottish people or Scots (Scots: Scots fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba) in the 9th century.
- Scots language and alphabet - OmniglotScots (Scots Leid / Lallans) Scots is a West Germanic language is spoken by about 1.5 million people in Scotland, and also Northern Ireland, where it is known as Ulster Scots or Ullans. Scots is descended from the language of the Angles who settled in northern Britain, in an area now known as Northumbria and southern Scotland, in the 5th ...
- Scotland | History, Capital, Map, Flag, Population, & FactsHead Of Government: First minister. Capital: Edinburgh. Population: (2011) 5,295,400. Official Languages: English; Scots Gaelic. National Religion: Church of Scotland. Recent News. Apr. 15, 2024, 4:26 AM ET (BBC) How an American ballerina is helping MS research in Scotland. Apr. 15, 2024, 12:36 AM ET (BBC)
- Scots language - WikipediaScots is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).
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