Read about the Scots language and decide if the statements are True, False, or Not stated. What is the Scots language? The Scots language is one of the three indigenous languages of Scotland. Scotland's other languages are English and Gaelic. English is used throughout Scotland, while Gaelic is used mostly in the Highlands and the Western Isles. Scots is spoken throughout the Lowlands, in the Scottish cities, and in the Northern Isles. Scots has often been misunderstood as slang, or as corrupt or inferior English. It isn't widely known that Scots is a Germanic language in its own right, or that it is a sister language to English, with which it shares a common ancestor in Anglo-Saxon. Scots originated with the tongue of the Angles who arrived in Scotland about AD 600 or 1,400 years ago. During the Middle Ages, this language developed and for some time Scots was the dominant language of Scotland, spoken by Scottish kings and queens, and was used to write both literary works and official records. Scots is spoken on a continuum: this means that some people use it more, and some people use it less. Some people use the occasional word or expression, such as scunner, bonny, wean or peely-wally. Others speak in rich, braid Scots — replete with its own unique pronouns, prepositions, grammar, and word-order. There are many different varieties of Scots. Some of these have names of their own, and they are sometimes known as "dialects". It is important not to confuse dialects of Scots with dialects of English, or to imagine that Scots is a dialect of English. It is a common myth that speakers of one variety of Scots can't understand those who speak another variety. While there are differences between dialects, and there are words that are unique to particular parts of Scotland, speakers of Scots from one part of Scotland can generally communicate very easily with Scots speakers from other areas. The fact that Scots and English are considered "sister" languages doesn't mean that Scots isn't a language in its own right. Many other modern European languages are similar to one another but are still considered to be individual languages. French, Italian, and Spanish all have their roots in the Latin language, and they share many similarities, including a huge amount of common vocabulary. Scots has a vast range of vocabulary. Scots has a different history, a wide variety of unique grammatical features, a huge store of idiomatic expressions, and a number of sounds that are never used in English. For these reasons, most linguists and academics today agree that Scots is a language in its own right. There are two other indigenous languages in Scotland besides Scots. Most Scottish people use the whole of the Scots vocabulary. People from one part of Scotland can't understand the Scots language from another part. Many Scots words came from Latin.

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Read about the Scots language and decide if the statements are True, False, or Not stated.

What is the Scots language?

The Scots language is one of the three indigenous languages of Scotland. Scotland's other languages are English and Gaelic. English is used throughout Scotland, while Gaelic is used mostly in the Highlands and the Western Isles. Scots is spoken throughout the Lowlands, in the Scottish cities, and in the Northern Isles.

Scots has often been misunderstood as slang, or as corrupt or inferior English. It isn't widely known that Scots is a Germanic language in its own right, or that it is a sister language to English, with which it shares a common ancestor in Anglo-Saxon. Scots originated with the tongue of the Angles who arrived in Scotland about AD 600 or 1,400 years ago. During the Middle Ages, this language developed and for some time Scots was the dominant language of Scotland, spoken by Scottish kings and queens, and was used to write both literary works and official records.

Scots is spoken on a continuum: this means that some people use it more, and some people use it less. Some people use the occasional word or expression, such as scunner, bonny, wean or peely-wally. Others speak in rich, braid Scots — replete with its own unique pronouns, prepositions, grammar, and word-order.

There are many different varieties of Scots. Some of these have names of their own, and they are sometimes known as "dialects". It is important not to confuse dialects of Scots with dialects of English, or to imagine that Scots is a dialect of English.

It is a common myth that speakers of one variety of Scots can't understand those who speak another variety. While there are differences between dialects, and there are words that are unique to particular parts of Scotland, speakers of Scots from one part of Scotland can generally communicate very easily with Scots speakers from other areas.

The fact that Scots and English are considered "sister" languages doesn't mean that Scots isn't a language in its own right. Many other modern European languages are similar to one another but are still considered to be individual languages. French, Italian, and Spanish all have their roots in the Latin language, and they share many similarities, including a huge amount of common vocabulary. Scots has a vast range of vocabulary. Scots has a different history, a wide variety of unique grammatical features, a huge store of idiomatic expressions, and a number of sounds that are never used in English. For these reasons, most linguists and academics today agree that Scots is a language in its own right.

Choose the correct option.

There are two other indigenous languages in Scotland besides Scots. [True|False|Not stated]

Most Scottish people use the whole of the Scots vocabulary. [True|False|Not stated]

People from one part of Scotland can't understand the Scots language from another part. [True|False|Not stated]

Many Scots words came from Latin. [True|False|Not stated]

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