Scots language and alphabet - Omniglot
网页Scots is a West Germanic language is spoken by about 1.5 million people in Scotland, and also Northern Ireland, where it is known as Ulster Scots or Ullans. Scots is descended from the language of the Angles who settled in northern Britain, in an area now known as Northumbria and southern Scotland, in the 5th century AD.
Scottish literature - Wikipedia
网页Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes works in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin, Norn or other languages written within the modern boundaries of Scotland. The earliest extant literature written in what is now Scotland, was composed in Brythonic speech in the sixth ...
Scottish Gaelic language and alphabet - Omniglot
网页Scottish Gaelic is written with 18 letters of the Latin alphabet. Traditionally each letter is named after a tree or shrub, however the names are no longer used. Inscriptions in Ogham have been found in Scotland, however it is not certain what language they are in.
How to read Scots: A brief introductory guide (written in English)
网页2022年10月26日 · Scots is both a spoken and written language, and has been for centuries. Today, people in Scotland are no longer taught to be literate in Scots 10 — even if it’s their first language — and instead receive their education in …
Scottish literature | Poetry, Novels & Plays | Britannica
网页Scottish literature, the body of writings produced by inhabitants of Scotland that includes works in Scots Gaelic, Scots (Lowland Scots), and English. This article focuses on literature in Scots and in English; see English literature for additional discussion of …
Scottish Handwriting - Scotland's People
网页Welcome to the Scottish Handwriting resource on the Scotland's People website which offers online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who are looking for...
Moniack Mhor - Scotland's Creative Writing Centre
网页Moniack Mhor is Scotland’s National Writing Centre. Based in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, we run courses in a range of genres tutored by some of the finest authors in the UK and beyond. With workshops and one to one tutorials, our courses provide an atmosphere to fully immerse yourself in your writing.
The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature
网页Scottish literature includes masterpieces in three languages - English, Scots and Gaelic - and global perspectives from the diaspora of Scots all over the world. This Companion offers a unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period to the post-devolution present.
New Writing Scotland – Association for Scottish Literature
网页New Writing Scotland is an annual volume publishing poetry and prose from both emerging and established writers. Every piece appears here in print for the first time, and has been drawn from a wide cross-section of Scottish culture and society.
CMSW - Home - Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech
网页The Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) is an electronic corpus of written and printed texts from the period 1700-1945, complementing the Helsinki Corpus of Older Scots (1450-1700) and the Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech (1945-present day). CMSW contains over 350 documents, containing approximately 5.5 million words of text overall.