Scots language book launched in memory of Dumfries woman

A new children's book aimed at encouraging school pupils to engage with the Scots language has been written in memory of a Dumfries woman. The Lois Sherret Trust was founded in memory of the ...

There’s just one problem with Ulster Scots. Unlike the Irish language, it doesn’t exist

There is a great deal of cynicism about Ulster Scots among unionists. Many consider it a desperately contrived counterweight ...

How does your lum reek... and what's its origin?

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) trace the history of this term for a “chimney… [or] a chimney stack” back to the ...
Euronews

Dinnae haud yer wheesht: Scots language campaigners speak up for census return

There's been a revival of the Scots language in recent years, with an estimated 1.5 million speakers. Campaigners say a new census this month will give them even more status and services. Scots might ...
heraldscotland

Awards ceremony for indigenous Scots language returns

An awards ceremony celebrating the indigenous Scots Language will return this year for it’s fifth outing. The Scots Language Awards 2024, organised by Hands up for Trad, launches today on the Scottish ...
BBC

The Scots language

I write as a private individual with a passion for the Scots language, the ancient state language of Scotland in pre-Union times and the language of writers from Dunbar and Lyndsay, through Burns, to ...
The Scotsman

Scots language: Honouring ma mither tongue

Growing up in Fraserburgh, the Scots language only existed outside the classroom for Shane Strachan. Not any more. The author and National Library of Scotland’s Scots Scriever explores how the ...
The Scotsman

Support Scots language in our schools, ministers told

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CNN

Last native speaker of Scots dialect dies

Bobby Hogg, the last native speaker of a dialect originating from a remote fishing village in northern Scotland, has died – and so has the dialect he spoke. The death of the 92-year-old retired ...
The Conversation

How Twitter is helping the Scots language thrive in the 21st century

E Jamieson has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Sadie Ryan has previously received funding from the Lord Kelvin Adam Smith scholarship. Rude, crude and extremely funny, ...
BBC

Irish and Ulster-Scots: Experts look at how to boost the languages

Half a million people should "have knowledge" of Irish and 10% of children should be in Irish-medium education in 20 years time. That is according to recommendations for an Irish language strategy ...