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Modren Scots

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Anti-dirten sign in Modren Scots on the Ayrshire Coastal Path.

Modren Scots conseests o the varieties o the Scots leid tradeetionally spakken in the Lallans an pairts o Ulster, fae 1700.

Oothrou hits historie, Modren Scots haes bin dreein a process o leid attrition, whaurby generation efter generation o spikkers haes adoptit mair an mair meiths fae Modren Inglis, muckle fae the colloquial register. This process o leid contact or byleidisation unner Inglis haes acceleratit fest syne braid aiccess tae mass media in Inglis, an eikit population mobility becam available efter Warld War II.[1][2] Hit haes newlins taen on the natur o halesale leid shift taewart Scots Inglis, sumtimes cried leid chynge, convergence ir gang thegither an aw.

By the end o the twintiet yeirhunner, Scots wis at a late stage o leid deith ower muckle o Lallan Scotland.[3] Remeenin Scots meiths is affen semply regairdit nouadays as slang, espeicially by fowk fae ootwith Scotland, bit iven by mony Scots thaimsels.

Byleids

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Cairt o Scots byleids

The Modren Scots varieties is generally dividit intae five byleid group:[4]

References

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  1. "A Brief History of Scots in Corbett, John; McClure, Derrick; Stuart-Smith, Jane (Editors)(2003) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1596-2. p. 15
  2. Millar, Robert McColl (2007). Northern and insular Scots. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7486-2996-1. OCLC 100562381.
  3. Macafee C. "Studying Scots Vocabulary in Corbett, John; McClure, Derrick; Stuart-Smith, Jane (Editors)(2003) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1596-2. p. 51
  4. "SND Introduction – Dialect Districts". Dsl.ac.uk. Archived frae the original on 1 Juin 2013. Retrieved 21 Mey 2009.