In June 2025 the Scottish Parliament passed the Scottish Languages Act 2025 that made Scots an official language of Scotland, along with Scots Gaelic and introduced educational standards …

Whereas Gaelic was the dominant language in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the Lowlands of Scotland adopted the language of Scots. As opposed to Gaelic, the Scots …

Sep 6, 2025 · Scots language, historic language of the people of Lowland Scotland and one closely related to English. Scots is directly descended from Northern English, which displaced …

Find out more about our Scottish languages - English, Gaelic and Scots. From our accents and dialects to how they have shaped Scottish culture today.

Scots is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Scotland and Northern Ireland by about 1.5 million people.

Scots is one of three native languages spoken in Scotland today, the other two being English and Scottish Gaelic. Scots is the collective name for Scottish dialects known also as Doric, Lallans …

In the 2022 census, 1,508,540 people reported that they could speak Scots, with 2,444,659 reporting that they could speak, read, write or understand Scots. As the sole custodian of …

The languages of Scotland belong predominantly to the Germanic and Celtic language families. The main language now spoken in Scotland is English, while Scots and Scottish Gaelic are …

Oct 18, 2023 · Scots is one of Scotland’s native languages that, despite often being called a dialect, is officially recognised as a language by the Council of Europe and the Scottish and …

Scots, along with its closest relative English, is a member of the West Germanic family of languages, a group that also includes Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, and German. It is a …