Indo-European family
Scots
c. 1375 CE – today Living
Scots (c. 1375 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old English → Middle English → Scots.
See Scots on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.5M (1,500,000)
- ISO 639-3
- sco
- Glottocode
- scot1243
From Northumbrian Old English via Early Scots (1375–1450). Whether it is a language or a dialect of English is disputed. Speaker figure is the 2011 census self-report.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
- Old English450 CE – 1150 CE
- Middle English1150 CE – 1500 CE
- Scotsc. 1375 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Middle English.