Scots

Summary

Scots is a natural language^[1]. Scots ranks in the top 2% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,810 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Scots is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Scots is in the country of Ireland^[4].
• Scots's instance of is recorded as natural language^[5].
• Scots's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Scots is a type of Anglic^[7].
• Scots's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[8].
• Scots's Commons category is recorded as Scots language^[9].
• Scots's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sco^[10].
• Scots comprises Central Scots^[11].
• Scots comprises Southern Scots^[12].
• Scots comprises Ulster Scots^[13].
• Scots comprises Northern Scots^[14].
• Scots comprises Insular Scots^[15].
• Scots comprises Cromarty dialect^[16].
• Scots comprises Doric^[17].
• Scots comprises Glasgow patter^[18].
• Scots's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57, 'lon': -3}^[19].
• Scots's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scots language^[20].
• Scots's Commons gallery is recorded as Scots language^[21].
• Scots's described at URL is recorded as https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/scots-language^[22].
• Scots's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+90000'}^[23].
• Scots's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1500000'}^[24].
• Scots's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+99200'}^[25].
• Scots's replaces is recorded as Middle Scots^[26].
• Scots's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sco', 'text': 'Scots leid'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[5] and modern language^[6]. Scots is a type of Anglic^[7].

Use and Application

Components include Central Scots^[11], a dialect group^[28], in United Kingdom^[29]; Southern Scots^[12], a dialect^[30], in United Kingdom^[31]; Ulster Scots^[13], a dialect^[32], in United Kingdom^[33]; Northern Scots^[14], a dialect group^[34]; Insular Scots^[15], a dialect group^[35]; and Cromarty dialect^[16], a dialect^[36], in United Kingdom^[37].

Why It Matters

Scots ranks in the top 2% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,810 views/month).^[2] Scots has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Scots is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]