Middle Scots

Middle Scots was the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700. By the end of the 15th century, its phonology, orthography, accidence, syntax and vocabulary had diverged markedly from Early Scots, which was virtually indistinguishable from early Northumbrian Middle English. Subsequently, the orthography of Middle Scots differed from that of the emerging Modern English standard. Middle Scots was fairly uniform throughout its many texts, albeit with some variation due to the use of Romance forms in translations from Latin or French, turns of phrases and grammar in recensions of southern texts influenced by southern forms, misunderstandings and mistakes made by foreign printers.

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Early Scots
Middle English
Northumbrian Old English
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enMiddle Scots was the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700. By the end of the 15th century, its phonology, orthography, accidence, syntax and vocabulary had diverged markedly from Early Scots, which was virtually indistinguishable from early Northumbrian Middle English. Subsequently, the orthography of Middle Scots differed from that of the emerging Modern English standard. Middle Scots was fairly uniform throughout its many texts, albeit with some variation due to the use of Romance forms in translations from Latin or French, turns of phrases and grammar in recensions of southern texts influenced by southern forms, misunderstandings and mistakes made by foreign printers.
Era
enDeveloped into Modern Scots by mid-18th century
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Anglic languages
Anglo-Frisian languages
Germanic languages
North Sea Germanic
West Germanic languages
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enIndo-European
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enMiddle Scots was the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700. By the end of the 15th century, its phonology, orthography, accidence, syntax and vocabulary had diverged markedly from Early Scots, which was virtually indistinguishable from early Northumbrian Middle English. Subsequently, the orthography of Middle Scots differed from that of the emerging Modern English standard. Middle Scots was fairly uniform throughout its many texts, albeit with some variation due to the use of Romance forms in translations from Latin or French, turns of phrases and grammar in recensions of southern texts influenced by southern forms, misunderstandings and mistakes made by foreign printers.
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Middle Scots
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enMiddle Scots
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Germanic languages
North Sea Germanic
West Germanic languages
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Acts of Union 1707
Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis
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Anglic languages
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Dictionary of the Scots Language
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Plantation of Ulster
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School Establishment Act 1616
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Name
enMiddle Scots
Name
enMiddle Scots
enScottis
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enScottis
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enIPA
Region
enScottish Lowlands, to some extent the Northern Isles
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34oPJ
Bahasa Skots Pertengahan
m.0c747j
Middle Scots
Middle Scots leid
Moyen scots
Q3327000
Середній скотс
لغة اسكتلندية وسطى
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Northern Isles
Scottish Lowlands
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Category:Languages attested from the 15th century
Category:Medieval languages
Category:Scots language
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