Return to. he Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND). DOST contains information about Scots words in use from the twelfth to. www. dsl. ac. uk/dsl/. Scots (The Scots leid) refers to Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Scotland it is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic traditionally spoken in the Highlands and Islands. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Scots_language en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Scots_language. After the union of the Scottish and English parliaments in 1707, English became the language of government and of polite society in Scotland, though the vast majority of people continued to speak Scots. The names of the letters and these notes come from Chris Robinson of Scottish Language Dictionaries. www. omniglot. com/writing/scots. htm. var wikiImage = new Image(); wikiImage. onload = function() &ob;if(this. height Scottish Gaelic (Gidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish and Manx languages. It is distinct from the Brythonic branch of the Celtic langua. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic. Scottish Language Dictionaries is the nation's resource for the Scots language. Scottish Language Dictionaries maintains an active outreach programme and enquiries about the Scots Language are always welcome. www. scotsdictionaries. org. uk/. Further information on the Scottish Gaelic language is available here: www. geo. ed. ac. uk/home/scotland/gaelic. html. Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about 60,000 people in Scotland (Alba), mainly in the Highlands (a' Ghaidhealtachd) and in the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan an Iar), Scottish Gaelic is closely related to Manx and Irish and was brought to Scotland around the 4th century AD by the Scots from Ireland. www. omniglot. com/writing/gaelic. htm. This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total. Entries in category Scottish Gaelic language. en. wiktionary. org/wiki/Category:Scottish_Gaelic_languag. en. wiktionary. org/wiki/Category:Scottish_Gaelic_language. Scottish Gaelic Language of Scotland. www. scotland-calling. com/language. htm www. scotland-calling. com/language. htm.