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The Scots language over the water

The province of Ulster, which largely constitutes Northern Ireland today, has received input of Germanic speech on two or three occasions: firstly through the Norsemen between the 9th and 12th centuries, secondly from speakers of English, from the 12th century onwards, and lastly by way of Scots ... more

Resource for Ulster Scots students

Ullans-L is a free online resource with information about Ulster-Scots. Run by Ian James Parsley it contains information about Ulster-Scots, for instance in a question and answer section there are topics such as where the language is spoken, its effect on the English language and place names. The... more

Ulster Scots set up speakers group

Scots speakers in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland have set up a group for people interested in speaking Scots. Charlie Reynolds from the group is reported to have said, "Some yins taak aboot it (Ulster Scots) - whereas we taak it!"

The full report can be read in the Ballymoney Times

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Ulster Scots post highlights funding imbalance

Scots Language Centre Director, Michael Hance, has said that an advert for a new post at the Ulster Scots Agency demonstrates how large the gap is in funding for language support in the two territories. Hance said, “This advert on the USA web site for a Finance and Administration Director tells... more

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