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Early Scots by the beginning of the 15th century. Present-day extent of Modern Scots. The history of the Scots language refers to how Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland developed into modern Scots .
May 17, 2024 · Scots language, historic language of the people of Lowland Scotland and one closely related to English. The word Lallans, which was originated by the Scottish poet Robert Burns , is usually used for a literary variety of the language, especially that used by the writers of the mid-20th-century movement known as the Scottish Renaissance.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
From the thirteenth century, the Early Scots language spread further into Scotland via the burghs, which were proto-urban institutions first established by King David I. In fourteenth-century Scotland, the growth in prestige of Early Scots and the complementary decline of French made Scots the prestige dialect of most of eastern Scotland.
Scots originated with the tongue of the Angles who arrived in Scotland about AD 600, or 1,400 years ago. During the Middle Ages this language developed and grew apart from its sister tongue in England, until a distinct Scots language had evolved. At one time Scots was the dominant language of Scotland, spoken by Scottish kings and queens, and ...
Oct 18, 2023 · They evolved from ‘Old English’ throughout the middle ages but Scots developed into its own distinct tongue. This occurred as the Norman French conquered England in a historical turning point...
- Thomas Mackay
Scotland has three main languages, English, Scottish Gaelic, and Scots. English is spoken by most everyone in the country. Scottish Gaelic, now an endangered language, is used by less than 60,000 people in their daily lives. It's taught in Scottish schools, however, and in recent years, there have been some promising efforts to preserve and ...
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Sep 15, 2023 · Abstract. This book provides both a sociolinguistic and a linguistic history of the Scots language, spoken both in Scotland and Ulster. It provides this material in two ways, reflecting both the historical, political, and economic forces which affected the status and use of Scots and the linguistic developments through which, like all languages ...
