Leids o Scotland

Scotland haes twa auncient leids (Scots leid an Scots Gaelic) an ane that's been aboot for the bygane three-fowerhunder year (Inglis). Mony leids haes been spoken thare ower the years faws intae twa general kynds: Germanic leids an Celtic leids.

Leevin leids

Germanic leids

• The Scots leid
  • Doric
  • Shetlandic
  • Sooth Scots
• The Inglis leid
  • Scots Inglis
  • Hieland Inglis

Celtic leids

• The Scots Gaelic leid

Ither leids

• Breetish Sign Leid: Some hearin fowk haes it as a mither tongue acause thair mithers an faithers is deif. It isna sib tae Inglis, but is a leid in its ain richt.

Differences

Atween Ingles and Scots thar ur sum wurds an grammar in common an sum no.

Samples o grammatical an wurd differences atween Ingles, Scots Ingles and Scots

Ingles	Scots Ingles	Scots
May I come too?	Can I come too?	Can a come ana?
I should, if I were you.	I would, if I was you.	A wid, if a wis ye.
My hair needs/wants washing.	My hair needs washed.	Ma hares needin washen/washt.
He won't do that.	He'll not do that.	He'll no dae that.
Does anyone know?	Does anybody know?	Dis onybody ken?

Extinct leids

Celtic leids

• The Cumbric leid
• The Pechts leid

Germanic leids

• The Norn leid
• Auld Inglis
• Auld Norse

Roman leids

• Norman
• French
• Laitin

Ither leids

Ither leids haes been spoken in Scotland:

• The Romani leid
• Mony immigrant leids, for ensaumple
  • Polish leid
  • Hindi leid
  • Urdu