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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…

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Early forms
Early Middle English Early Scots · Early Scots
Era
Developed into Modern Scots by mid-18th century
Glottolog
None
ISO 639-3
–
Language family
GermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots · West GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots · North Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots · Anglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots · AnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots
Linguist List
sco-smi

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Middle Scots

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Edges66
Triples26
Avg. degree1.97
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Middle Scots

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Language family · 8
Middle Scots → AnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots, AnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots, Anglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots, GermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots, Middle Scots, North AnglicMiddle Scots, North Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots, West GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots
related to Orthography · 5
Middle Scots → English, On, Some, The, Use
related to Phonology · 4
Middle Scots → Here, Rule, The, The Scottish Vowel Length
Early forms · 2
Middle Scots → Early Middle English Early Scots, Early Scots
Era · 1
Middle Scots → Developed into Modern Scots by mid-18th century
Glottolog · 1
Middle Scots → None
ISO 639-3 · 1
Middle Scots → –
Linguist List · 1
Middle Scots → sco-smi
Region · 1
Middle Scots → Scottish Lowlands, to some extent the Northern Isles

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scots middle language modern english century ane thay prayeris quhilk used early orthography kirk symbols also ipa anglic thame toung

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Middle ScotsEarly formsEarly Middle English Early Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsEarly formsEarly Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsEraDeveloped into Modern Scots by mid-18th century1.00infobox
Middle ScotsGlottologNone1.00infobox
Middle ScotsISO 639-3–1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyGermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyAnglo-FrisianAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyAnglicAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyAnglianNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyNorth AnglicMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLanguage familyMiddle Scots1.00infobox
Middle ScotsLinguist Listsco-smi1.00infobox
Middle ScotsRegionScottish Lowlands, to some extent the Northern Isles1.00infobox

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