Young Scots Speaker News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

In Scotland, we have three national languages – English, Gaelic and Scots.
The 2011 census revealed that 1.5 million people identified as speaking Scots, yet much of Scotland’s population is unaware that they possess skills in reading, writing and speaking Scots.
Scots is part of the West Germanic language family and is a sister language to English with close affinities with Scandinavian languages such as Danish and Norwegian. Scots has four main dialects: Insular, Northern, Central and Southern, but for me, it was just the way folk spoke in their everyday lives.
Growing up in rural Aberdeenshire, I didn’t realise that the way people speak – in Doric, a vernacular or byleid of Scots – was a special and unique trait of the regions people, lore and history. At the time, I was unaware of the similitude of Scots to other European languages, I was unaware of the language’s history and the significance of the literature written in the language, and I was ....

United Kingdom , Glasgow City , Scottish Parliament , West Germanic , Royal Conservatoire , Scots Songs , Scots Singer , Trad Music Awards , Young Scots Speaker , Scots Language , European Charter , The Bleak Midwinter , Irish Gaelic , Clare Adamson , Wild Geese , Scots Language Act , Oor Vyce , Scots Language Board , Drew Allan , More Scots , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , கிளாஸ்கோ நகரம் , ஸ்காட்டிஷ் பாராளுமன்றம் , மேற்கு ஜெர்மானிக் , அரச கன்சர்வேடோயர் , ஸ்காட்ஸ் பாடல்கள் ,