Scots Online — Scots related links

The websites below also often contain links to more.

Dictionaries

The Dictionar o the Scots Leid

Comprises of A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) — Older Scots from the 12th century to 1700 and The Scottish National Dictionary (SND) Modern Scots from 1700 onwards.
 

Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language

A searchable online version of Jamieson's 1808 dictionary.
 

Scots Legal Glossary

Some Scots legal terms, some Latin that is used in legal documents and some obsolete terms that may be encountered by genealogists researching their Scots ancestry.
 

The English Dialect Dictionary

Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905) is the most comprehensive English dialect dictionary ever written, documenting in detail every dialect of English in the British Isles and Ireland.
 

General Websites

LUATH Scots Language Learner

An introduction to contemporary spoken Scots by L. Colin Wilson.
 

The Scots Language Centre

The Scots Language Centre furthers the interests of the Scots language and its speakers.
 

The Scots Language Society

Founded in 1972 and still promoting the Scots language in formal, informal and every day use. The society published the bi-annual journal Lallans, a 128-page magazine presenting the best new writing in Scots.
 

SQA Scots Language Award

The Scots Language Award will provide opportunities for learners to study the history and development of the Scots language. It will also help learners develop their ability to understand, and communicate in, Scots.
 

Education Scotland

Languages in Curriculum for Excellence
 

Creative Scotland

A public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland.
 

Oor Wullie Guide tae Scots Language

A guid fun wey tae lairn oor language.
 

Scots Hoose

A free online resource for children, young folk and new Scots writers to inspire and support creativity in the Scots language.
 

The Scottish Texts Society

Since 1882 the society has been publishing important texts from Scotland's literary history.
 

ScotsteXt

A fine collection of Scots literature.
 

The Scottish Poetry Library

A unique national resource and advocate for the art of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular.
 

Scots Radio

is a programme that speaks about the culture and the on-going plans of people who use Scots in their working world.
 

Lowlands-L

An automated electronic mailing list for those interested in the languages and cultures of the North Sea and the Baltic. Includes Scots.
 

Wikipedia: Modern Scots

From the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
 

Dialects

Doric Dialect

Guide to the Doric dialect spoken in the North East of Scotland
 

The Elphinstone Kist

Born of a desire to bring new and fresh writing in North East Scots to the attention of schools.
 

The Doric Board

Aiming to create and support a sustainable, dynamic future for Doric as a vibrant language
 

Caithness

Words & Meanings
 

Orkneyjar

The Orcadian dialect
 

Shetland for Words

Promoting Shetland Dialect
 

I hear Dee

A gadderie o fokk dedicated tae studyin, describin an documentin Shaetlan.
 

Ulster Scots Academy

The Ulster-Scots Academy site provides public access to the collections of its sister organisation, the Ulster-Scots Language Society
 

The Ulster-Scots Agency

Promoting greater awareness and use of Ulster Scots and cultural issues.
 

Articles and Papers about Scots

A Selected Classified Bibliography of the Scots Language

A fairly full but selective categorised list of scholarly works on Scots.
 

New Scots: the problems (1980)

A. J. Aitken. Edited by Caroline Macafee, 2015.
 

Scots Threip

John Tait's informative articles and papers on Scots language issues.
 

Language history as charter myth?

Scots and the (re)invention of Scotland (James Costa)
 

Named into being?

Language questions and the politics of Scots in the 2011 census in Scotland
 

Burying Alive

Unfocussed Governmental Language Policy and Scots (Robert McColl Millar)
 

Legitimating Inaction

Differing Identity Constructions of the Scots Language (Johann W Unger)
 

Linguistic diversity in Scotland

language distribution, social attitudes and identity (Ildara Enríquez García)
 

On the pros and cons of standardizing Scots

Notes from the North of a small island (James Costa)
 

The Scottish Government

Scots Language Policy
 

MWG on the Scots Language

Report of the Ministerial Working Group on the Scots Language
 

Social Media

The Scots Language Forum on Facebook

A bit curn for tae collogue in or anent Scots.
 

Doric Tongue

A Facebook group for the Scots dialct of North East Scotland.
 

Doric Humour

A Facebook group celebrating the humour of North East Scotland.
 

Orkney Reevlers

A Facebook forum for all interested in the Orcadian dialect.