2006-09-27 02:45:45 · 9 answers · asked by mitzy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Actually the Scots have TWO languages of their own.
1) Scottish Gaelic, a close cousin to Irish (but with strong differences, though) that is nearly disappeared except in the extreme North and the Hebrides.
2) Scots. The language in which Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, wrote. It can be regarded as a dialect of english, but you'd better have a dictionary to read it if you're not used to it, and it's always fun to see the face of brits from the midlands and areas south when a Glaswegian talks to them in it... pronunciation is a doozy when you're used to basic english.
2006-09-27 03:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Scots DO have their own language, but, unlike Welsh, Scots Gaelic was outlawed by the British after the Battle of Culloden. Very few people still speak Scots and it is unlikely to make a recovery. When the Welsh decided to reinvigorate Welsh in the last century, they had many more Welsh speakers as a base to start with.
2006-09-27 02:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They even have two, Scots or Lawlands which is a germanic language/dialect and Scottish Gaelic, which is a celtic language like Irish Gaelic, or Welsh.
2006-09-27 03:56:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Scots DO.
It's called Scots Gallic.
2006-09-27 02:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 10:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the scots do have their own language. scots gaelic. very similar to Irish gaelic
2006-09-27 02:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by oif1983 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
um...its called Gaelic...
2006-09-27 02:53:41 · answer #7 · answered by Jessi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are so dense i want to slap you
2006-09-27 02:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by sleepwalker69 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dinnae...
oops there it is
2006-09-27 02:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by bullybrian2000 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋