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Description History of Scots in Scotland and Ulster.png |
English:
A map showing the historic and present-day distribution of the
English
/
Scots
language (not to be confused with
Scottish Gaelic
) within the borders of modern
Scotland
and
Ulster
. Northumbrian
Old English
had been established in what is now southeastern Scotland as far as the River Forth by the seventh century, as the region was part of the
Anglo-Saxon
kingdom of
Northumbria
. It remained largely confined to this area until the thirteenth century, continuing in common use while
Gaelic
was the language of the Scottish court. The succeeding variety of Early northern Middle English spoken in southeastern Scotland, also known as
Early Scots
, began to diverge from that of Northumbria.
From the thirteenth century, Early Scots spread further into Scotland via the burghs, proto-urban institutions which were first established by King David I. The growth in prestige of Early Scots in the fourteenth century, and the complementary decline of French in Scotland, made Scots the prestige language of most of eastern Scotland. |
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Author | Hayden120 (also based on works by Caesar , Furfur , Fry1989 , NordNordWest , and NikNaks93 ) |
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