Ulster-Scots language

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Ulster_Scots
gptkb:Ullans
gptkb:Scotch-Irish
gptkbp:culturalOrganizations gptkb:Scotch-Irish_Americans
Ulster-Scots people
gptkbp:hasDialects various regional dialects
gptkbp:hasNotableWriters gptkb:James_Fenton
gptkb:John_Clifford
gptkb:Charlie_Gillen
gptkb:Sarah_Leech
gptkb:W._F._Marshall
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ulster-Scots language
gptkbp:ISO639-3 uln
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:Scots
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
gptkbp:linguisticFeature distinctive pronunciation
distinctive vocabulary
distinctive grammar
gptkbp:literaryTradition gptkb:poetry
gptkb:song
prose
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Ulster-Scots_Broadcast_Fund
Ulster-Scots publications
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers few thousand (estimates vary)
gptkbp:originatedIn settlement of Scots in Ulster (17th century)
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Good_Friday_Agreement
gptkb:European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Ulster-Scots_Agency
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:English_language
gptkb:Scots_language
gptkbp:socialMedia Ulster-Scots Agency website
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:County_Donegal
gptkb:Ulster
Scotland (by diaspora)
gptkbp:status minority language
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
gptkb:poetry
broadcasting
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ulster-Scots_Language_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6