Developed into Middle Scots by the late 15th century
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
North Sea Germanic
Anglo-Frisian
Anglic
Early Scots
Early forms
Northumbrian Old English
Early Middle English
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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One interpretation of the linguistic divide in 1400, here based on place-name evidence.
Scottish Gaelic
Middle English/Early Scots
Norn
Scots language
History
Early Scots
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Modern Scots
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Insular Scots
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Early Scots was the emerging literary language of the Early Middle English-speaking parts of Scotland in the period before 1450. The northern forms of Middle English descended from Northumbrian Old English. During this period, speakers referred to the language as "English" (Inglis, Ynglis, and variants).
Early examples such as Barbour’s The Brus and Wyntoun’s Chronicle are better explained as part of Northern Middle English than as isolated forerunners of later Scots, a name first used to describe the language later in the Middle Scots period.
than as isolated forerunners of later Scots, a name first used to describe the language later in the Middle Scots period. Northumbrian Old English had...
as Ulster Scots). Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Isles, and northern Ulster, it is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish...
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...
Old English (until 1066), Middle English (1066–13th century), EarlyScots (13th century–1450), Middle Scots (from 1450) Became the chief language of governance...
English to 1100 Pre-literary Scots to 1375 EarlyScots to 1450 Middle Scots to 1700 Modern Scots 1700 onwards The nature of early forms of the language are...
markedly from EarlyScots, which was virtually indistinguishable from early Northumbrian Middle English. Subsequently, the orthography of Middle Scots differed...
or Scots (Scots: Scots fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle...
form, where there was no native Scots rule to settle a dispute; and Roman law was in this way partially received into Scots law. Since the Union with England...
into Scots.[citation needed] Scots has its origins in the variety of early northern Middle English spoken in southeastern Scotland, also known as Early Scots...
the Second World War the Scots Guards saw action in a number of Britain's colonial wars. In 1948, the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards were deployed to...
English (after 1650), and in Scotland EarlyScots (before 1450), Middle Scots (c. 1450 to 1700) and Modern Scots (after 1700). Just as Modern English is...
August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018. Horsbroch, Dauvit. "1350–1450 EarlyScots". Scots Language Centre. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved...
Scots comprises the varieties of Scots traditionally spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster, from 1700. Throughout its history, Modern Scots has...
James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline...
The Ulster Scots (Ulster-Scots: Ulstèr-Scotch; Irish: Albanaigh Uladh), also called Ulster Scots people (Ulstèr-Scotch fowk) or, in North America, Scotch-Irish...
history of Scots law traces the development of Scots law from its early beginnings as a number of different custom systems among Scotland's early cultures...
The letter yogh (ȝogh) (Ȝ ȝ; Scots: yoch; Middle English: ȝogh) was used in Middle English and Older Scots, representing y (/j/) and various velar phonemes...
presentation of the phonological history of the Scots language. Scots has its origins in Old English (OE) via early Northern Middle English; though loanwords...
(Older Scots form of the Modern Scots "Scots" meaning "Scottish") and may refer to: EarlyScots Scotch (disambiguation) Goidelic language Scots language...
(1999), Alexander III King of Scots, House of Lochar, ISBN 1-899863-55-9 Duncan, A A M (2016). The Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292: Succession and Independence...
Early Scots. In the Scots equivalent of the Great Vowel Shift, the long vowels /iː/, /eː/ and /aː/ shifted to /ei/, /iː/ and /eː/ by the Middle Scots period...
Shaetlan; and referred to as Modern Shetlandic Scots (MSS) by some linguists) is a dialect of Insular Scots spoken in Shetland, an archipelago to the north...
companies, A Company (The Royal Scots) of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, and A Company (8th/9th Royal Scots) of The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials...
dialect or Orcadian Scots is a dialect of Insular Scots, itself a dialect of the Scots language. It is derived from Lowland Scots, with a degree of Norwegian...
The Scots Wikipedia (Scots: Scots Wikipædia) is the Scots-language edition of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. It was established on 23 June 2005...
migrant languages are also spoken. Regional indigenous languages are Scots and Ulster Scots and the Celtic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and, as...
The Brus, also known as The Bruce, is a long narrative poem, in EarlyScots, of just under 14,000 octosyllabic lines composed by John Barbour which gives...
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