Lowland Scots

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lowland_Scots
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Scots
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo English
gptkbp:codename ISO 639-3: sco
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Middle_English
gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Ulster_Scots
gptkb:Scots_language
gptkb:Central_Scots
gptkb:Southern_Scots
gptkb:Northern_Scots
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lowland Scots
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Norse
Dutch
gptkbp:ISO639-3 sco
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Germanic
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Robert_Burns
gptkb:James_Hogg
gptkb:Allan_Ramsay
gptkbp:notToBeConfusedWith gptkb:Scottish_Gaelic
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 1.5 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Lowlands_of_Scotland
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Scots_Language_Centre
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:status recognized minority language in the UK
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:literature
everyday speech
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irish-American
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5