Scots

West Germanic language

Details

Instance of: natural language, modern language
Subclass of: Anglic
Has parts: Central Scots, Southern Scots, Ulster Scots, Northern Scots, Insular Scots, Cromarty dialect, Doric, Glasgow patter
Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
category for films in this language: Category:Scots-language films
category for music in this language: Category:Scots-language music
different from: Scottish Gaelic, Scottish English
entry in abbreviations table: шотл.
Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing
history of topic: history of the Scots language
indigenous to: Orkney Islands, Scottish Borders, Scotland, Shetland Islands, Ulster, Northern Ireland, Ireland
linguistic typology: subject–verb–object, stress-timed language, fusional language
native label: Scots leid, Scots
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 90000, 1500000, 99200
related category: Category:Scots pronunciation
replaces: Middle Scots
short name: шотландский
topic's main category: Category:Scots language
UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable
uses capitalization for: linguonym
Wikimedia language code: sco
writing system: Latin script