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Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch, Irish: Albainis Uladh), also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster, being almost exclusively spoken in parts of Northern Ireland and County Donegal.
Scots (and Ulster-Scots) is descended from the Northumbrian dialect of Anglo-Saxon which was brought to the British Isles approximately 1,500 years ago. Modern English is derived from the Mercian dialect of Anglo-Saxon. Scots is distinct from Scottish Gaelic which is a Celtic language.
Feb 12, 2024 · From 'mind your wheesht' to 'thon' taking a 'danner', many Ulster Scots phrases and words are firmly incorporated in daily chat across Northern Ireland and most of us don't even know it.
The Ulster-Scots language was established in Ulster in the early 1600s with the arrival of Lowland Scottish settlers and endures to this day. It is spoken every day by many people in parts of Ulster, and Ulster-Scots vocabulary has been adopted in spoken English in the region.
This new edition published by the Ulster-Scots Language Society documents over 500 ‘shared’ vocabulary items which are authenticated by quotations from both sides of the Atlantic. A searchable online version of this dictionary is now also available here.
Channel 4 recently issued a language guide for the hit tv series Derry Girls, in which most of the words were Ulster-Scots! A Literary Language. Ulster-Scots has a rich literary tradition, stretching from the early eighteenth century to the present day, which has been tied closely to Scotland.
The Scots character of these Ulster dialects is most salient in the pronunciation of common lexical items'. 2 In short, Ulster-Scots is unmistakably Scots. A second point of consensus is that Ulster-Scots today is foremost a spoken variety of language.
