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Scottish people

Celtic-Germanic ethnic group native to Scotland
Intangible ethnic_group Q181634
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Summary

Scottish people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,873 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancestral home: Scotland[3]
  • Subclass of: Germanic people[4], Celtic people[5]
  • Commons category: People of Scotland[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scottish people[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[9]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Scots[10], Scottish Gaelic[11]

Why It Matters

Scottish people has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn'
    Gnd id → 4270093-0
    Sitelink count → 79
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM257439
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM257439, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Igor Andreev
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296183, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → scots
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: scots, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962369|scots (#289962369)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0399038-Skoti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0399038-Skoti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Germanic people, Celtic people
    Instance of → ethnic group
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 11003, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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