A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

languages Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words99.6 111.5 13.6 59.6 494.1 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences319217 9 6 85 1 1
Number of authors49 33 7 2 6 1 1

Occurrences of languages in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
aelic and later in Scots. The languages o Gaelic and Scots were assum on page 60
stage helps them learn ither languages, a fack that wis shown bia ha on page 66
ootit in oor poetry, sangs an languages an in whit oor historie actua on page 71

4 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
rling University had a modern languages conference, ASLS had a twa da on page 87

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
We cry aw thae ither tongues languages for a reenge o cultural, poli on page 7
Few ither languages or language commonties in pre on page 8
The need tae ken languages an the need tae onerstaun cul on page 9
Mony minority languages thole pressure frae the meikl on page 10
aks it easier tae learn ither languages. on page 11
Also on pages 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24
16 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
or minority languages as an expression o cultural w on page 3
e three historical indigenous languages o Scotland alang wi Gaelic an on page 4
e three historical indigenous languages o Scotland and shuid therefor on page 5

8 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Biggin Brigs - Minority Languages Athort the Wurld on page 107
scholars on the weys minority languages can reverse language shift (R on page 109

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
d write in a hunner different languages and tae chant poetry and tae on page 2

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
, Scots and other non-English languages in the Scottish Parliament, a on page 121

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ropean Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, the Westminster government's on page 56

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
nnie. In Nummer 2 o 'Minority Languages Athort the Warld', Steven Por on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is been translatit intae mair languages nor Burns? - damn few an the
a proponed Institute for the Languages o Scotland.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
, olde, shoppe etc. Aw spoken languages chynges ower the years wi som
thers bein borraed frae ither languages an Scots is nae different. Or
sides o the mairches. The twa languages is still aye gaun tae cairry
h that's been taen frae ither languages includin Scots, Latin, Classi
atween English an thae ither languages sae whit wey juist pick on Sc
8 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
h be enough? London: Nuffield Languages Inquiry. In "where are
we going with languages?"
the kind o wittins anent the languages o Scotland wantit bi the
European Year o Languages 2001
iss in the Scots Pairlament o Languages ither nor Inglis
10 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
on, Frisian, Dutch an siclike languages).
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
rter for Regional or Minority Languages an pits its consaits o the Sc
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
rter fur Regional or Minority Languages an unnertook tae recognise an
his is the year of indigenous languages and I welcome that. It has be
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
European Charter for Minority Languages.
rter For Regional Or Minority Languages cam intae force, the British
rter for Regional or Minority Languages, signed an ratified bi the go
e use of regional or minority languages, in speech and writing, in pu
id be reached bi leemitin the languages on thae signs tae English an
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ur an Sport Comatee Report on languages wis brocht tae the meenister'
bject's name frae English tae Languages.
2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
nce maks hit claer thit: 'the languages, dialects and literature of S
c heritage and its indigenous languages and dialects. This principle
ties of Scotland, valuing the languages which children and young peop
rm/g aelic-and-scots-scottish-languages-bill
4 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
f our time is 1,480 more dead languages” (1940: 96). Ane o thae ane
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
the UNESCO year o indigenous languages, the status report is guid: t
1 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
19, the UN Year of Indigenous Languages?
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
pride. Tae fankle atween twa languages is a mervel tae see in ony ba
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
ichts o aw thair ain imperial languages tae reign supreme ower
he ither regional an minority languages athin thair ain mairches an
languages. E'en the michty eximperial S
ions an recognition tae thair languages. In the hinneren juist twa
vernacular languages cam wi it. Insteid o Scots an
5 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
o direct borrowing from other languages such as Middle Dutch and Angl
ent of the influence of these languages in England.’
in were borrowed into the two languages at widely different dates and
3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
akin the effort tae learn the languages of the majority folk o other
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
The EU’s Bureau o Minority Languages an Cultures recognises it as
f Scotland’s literature and languages) hae buin wrasslin tae bring
hat ane o its main indigenous languages has the same legal status an
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
o the test questions is aboot languages an Scots is yin o thae langua
an Scots is yin o thae languages that's includit in this quest
nd, speak, read or write thae languages or if they hae nae abeility a
or yin o the ethnic commonty languages, or as adults, speaks "ordina
ion Sang contest for minority languages, that's tae be hostit bi the
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Gie Mair Uphaud For Minority Languages
nt the pairt taen bi minority languages in Scots cultural life.
ropean Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) an the Scots Language
t that if Scotland's minority languages (Scots an Gaelic) wis tae cai
uropean Bureau of Lesser Used Languages, ootlined ongauns in the Iris
29 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rou its policy anent regional languages an, in particlar, a raicent d
immersive teachin o regional languages illegal. The Cultural Cooncil
aes makit the uiss o regional languages in education illegal ayont a
t plain as parritch that thae languages cuid be teached for thair cul
hair cultural value but no as languages o communication.
14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"Minority languages is no tae be taen as threats
aither is the speakers o thae languages"
rsity an Regional an Minority Languages athin the European Union. Eft
ait that Regional an Minority Languages shuidna mak ony kinch but shu
gram for Regional an Minority Languages in a positive wey. Yet, the p
10 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the close link atween the twa languages as weel's the organic natur o
at Scots an Frisian is cousin languages, an thon makit me e'en keener
it me e'en keener tae get the languages intae a dialogue, that's whit
3 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ared experience, Scotland’s languages, their texts and an understan
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
It records languages
ither languages
vernacular languages
in codified languages.
codified languages
6 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Introduction to Scotland’s Languages. makkit awthin clairer, an no
hat “the literature of both languages dates back hundreds of years
2 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ey we’re speakin aboot thir languages an that we can hae an open di
especk as leivin contemporary languages that are yaised in aw aspecks
2 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
lie encourage the yaise o the languages but also improve oor national
motin the yaise o non-English languages disna mean that English shid
o fair representation an for languages sic as Scots tae be treatiti
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
owthie swall o intrest in the languages an cultur o Scotland. For exe
ish, or the uiss o non-hamelt languages sic as Chinese an Urdu. This
rchive that taks in juist the languages o Scotland on thair lane. Sic
o juist for fowk leukin intae languages, but for thaim warkin in eddi
ic, an the heidmaist commonty languages.
14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
for baith the Gaelic an Scots languages in the first place? Daes Labo
British Languages
ts Gaelic as twa o the hamelt languages o Britain. He greed that flue
fluency in aither o thae twa languages or in English wad be acceppit
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
rter for Regional or Minority Languages that wis signed an ratified b
arter of Regional or Minority Languages, which effortlessly includes
rnational practice, the maist languages that sign-buirds can cairie i
er kintras whaur mair nor twa languages is cairiet on signs. Gin onie
gin that cairies mair nor twa languages on its signages, please let t
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
and an aw. Respeck for hamelt languages is noo the gate the warld is
rter For Regional Or Minority Languages cam intae force, the Secretar
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Scots is one o the national languages o Scotland. It’s been aroon
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
rter for Regional or Minority Languages, Pairt I, Airt.2.1 an Pairt I
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
w. Thay stert aff lairnin the languages throu gemms, sangs an pentin
sindrie Scottish vices an the languages o Scotland (ootside o Gaelic)
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
the subjeck o Scottish Stage Languages an the saicont will dale wi R
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ert o the European Year o The Languages, tae tak thae fowk that Burns
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
er language varieties fae yer languages? Yer dipthongs fae yer monopt
latit tae ither West Germanic languages, sic as English, German and D
forby tae the North Germanic languages o Danish, Swedish and Norwegi
closely relatit West Germanic languages, share a degree o mutual unne
wey as dae the North Germanic languages o Danish, Norwegian and Swedi
8 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
is present in ither European languages forby: fur exemple, the Germa
1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
rter fir Regional or Minority Languages.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
in ane o oor three indigenous languages o Scotland.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Indo-European-languages-1
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
sScriever Hit shaws the pouer languages can hiv. Hit wis the language(2018) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
ten26877586 @Bob55492332 Many languages have been spoken in Scotland,(2018) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
t relevant tae oor twa native languages. https://t.co/YxdB1RugG0 (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
lk daein Scots as pairt o 1+2 languages, or as pairt o the SQA Scots (2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Seems lit maist languages if yir strugglin firra linky (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
aboot the @EducationScot 1+1 languages, and the @sqanews #Scots Lang (2020) twitter link
we hae #Scots as pairt o 1+2 languages, Scots texts at N5 and H Engl (2020) twitter link
side .. you had two different languages…’ https://t.co/gdQ0v11Kes h (2019) twitter link
inclusion o Scots in the 1+2 languages initiative an the SQA award s (2019) twitter link
in the @EducationScot Modern Languages newsletter! Click here tae su (2019) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ither tongues cried minority languages or lookin tae see foo Scots h on page 111

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ties of Scotland, valuing the languages which children and young peop
arter on Regional or Minority Languages, the UK government an the Sco
2 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
presentation o ither minority languages) fir healthcare use. Nae mebb
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
But fit did Saville ken o languages? An Oxford graduate an schola
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ere granted access to and the languages folk spoke. It wisna lang bef
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Special aptitudes languages, firearms and explosives.
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
es from influences from other languages like Flemish, Norse and North (2020) twitter link
engage with, acknowledge the languages bairns bring to the classroom (2019) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
e fir fock wirkan in minority languages, especially languages closs t
, especially languages closs tae the globally-domina
o actually thinkan throu hou languages an language polietics might c
3 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
e mind on no tae buy books in languages I dinna spaek! (2021) twitter link
Scots and Ulster Scots as twa languages on the European Charter for R (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
languages on page 82

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e idder tables. Raised wi twa languages on page 19

4 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
i English. Hits main ancestor languages is Norn (extinct) an Scots, w on page 7
Hit isna uncommon fir languages an plaesses tae hae da sam or on page 8
eties whaar de'r seen as bein languages at can be øsed fir aathin an on page 9
ands onythin (spaek different languages), an dialects faa sumwye in-a on page 12
we hae ony wye o kennin whit languages dey spak. Da Indo-European la on page 13
Also on pages 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 32, 38, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 85, 89, 90, 95, 97, 105, 107
62 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
e idder tables. Raised wi twa languages on page 24

1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
njoy a limited range of uses. Languages, in contrast, have grammar ru
English and French (and other languages) that emerged as standard lan
) that emerged as standard languages did not acquire grammatical r
ust when they became standard languages; they already had a grammar.
ein irrelevant, caase dey’r languages, an Shaetlan is a dialect. An
6 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ae fin it - 85% o da wirld's languages hae it. Standirt English bela
ish belangs tae da minority o languages dat ir lackin da associative

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
common atween clossly related languages, or languages at hae closs co
, or languages at hae closs contact wi een a
xpressions athin twa diffrent languages at happen soond very alæk.

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ond da wirld: onn'y 6.5% o da languages at hae perfect tense dø dis,

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
, an is onnly fun in Eurasian languages. Da Scandinavian languages, a
. Da Scandinavian languages, as weel as German an French
ider spellin is fine, an some languages øs ø (laek Norwegian), whar

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ifferent meanins in different languages), dis peerie Russian lass sai

Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
O hits vocab fae idder languages.
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
peak up here noo. 3 o wir ain languages, a wheen o fowk fae aw owre b(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
an vocabulary between the twa languages. on page v

1 matches

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