Did you know that the earliest examples of this well-known word are found in Scots and dialects of northern English? The Dictionaries of the ...

The agency is responsible for promoting Ulster-Scots language, culture and heritage. In 2019 the agency launched Ulster-Scots Language Week and included a workshop specifically for writers.

It’s essential for us to have a first language and in the UK that language is English. It’s also essential that we are able to communicate in English with all our fellow citizens.

Other measures include establishing Gaelic and Scots as official languages. The figures from the 2022 Census showed 130,161 people in Scotland had some Gaelic skills - an increase of 43,105 people ...

WHEN Welsh speaker Sioned Gwen Davies first came to Scotland, she was shocked to find the Scots and Gaelic languages are struggling to survive. It’s one of the reasons the mezzo-soprano is delighted ...

While Scotland is known for many things, our language is arguably the most iconic. We are lucky enough to have three national languages; English, Gaelic, and Scots.

It might sound funny, but Ulster Scots is officially a language. The chair of the Ulster Scots Agency talks to Fionola Meredith. Mark Thompson has a difficult job. He's chair of the Ulster Scots ...

Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO Ian Crozier from the Ulster-Scots Agency said it reflects the language’s ‘underdeveloped position’ ...

Returning to Dundee, the 2025 awards will be held at Discovery Point on Saturday, September 6, hosted by Taylor Dyson, who is this year’s National Library of Scotland Scots Scriever, and Scots folk ...

The Scottish government said this would help ministers to better target policies to support growth in the language. More qualifications are also to be made available in Gaelic.

Councillor Greg Hepburn said that while the council monitors and prepares to review the Gaelic language plan there were no immediate proposals to introduce a Scots language plan.