Early Scots

Early Scots
Inglis
Region	Scots Lawlands
Era	Developed intae Middle Scots bi the mid-15t century
Leid faimily	Indo-European Germanic Wast Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Early Scots
Early form	Auld Inglis (Northumbrian)
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	–
Ane interpretation o the linguistic divide in 1400, based on place-name evidence.   Scots Gaelic   Middle Inglis/Early Scots   Norn

Early Scots wis the emergin leid o the Northren Middle Inglis speakin pairts o Scotland in the while afore 1450. The northren teeps of Middle Inglis descendit frae the Northumbrie byleid o Auld Inglis. At this time, spikkers cried the leid 'Inglis' (or ither siclyk variations lyk Ynglis).

Early examples sic as John Barbour’s The Brus an Andrew o Wyntoun’s Chronicle are best explaint as pairt o Northren Middle Inglis as weel as forerinners o later Scots. The nemm Scots wisnae applied tae the leid until later, in the Middle Scots period.