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What is the Ulster-Scots language?

April 26, 2017Language ulster-scots

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What is the Ulster-Scots language?

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Ulster-Scots is a Germanic language and is the local variety of the Scots language. It is mainly spoken in rural areas of north-east County Down, Antrim, east Londonderry and in east Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. English, Dutch and German are other Germanic languages so Ulster-Scots shares many features with them. The Scots language was once used in the Scottish court and was brought to Ireland at the time of the Plantations. Ulster-Scots is defined in legislation as: ‘the variety of the Scots language, which has traditionally been used in parts of Northern Ireland and Donegal’.