Organization:Scots Language Centre

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Short description: Organisation promoting the use of the Scots language


The Scots Language Centre (Scots: Centre for the Scots Leid[1]) is an organisation that promotes the use of the Scots language.[2] The current director of the Scots Language Centre is Dr Michael Dempster. It receives funding from the Scottish Government.[3]

History

The organisation was founded in 1993 as the Scots Language Resource Centre.[4] In 1996, the centre held a "Spellin Collogue" in an attempt to reform Scots orthography, but was ultimately unsuccessful.[5]

In preparation for a new question on the census asking whether residents could understand Scots, the organisation launched a website with example of the language to allow respondents to determine if they could.[6]

A digital map of Scotland with Scots place names was published by the Centre in 2019.[7] During 2020, the Centre researched Scots exonyms for European settlements and countries and compiled a map based on this information the following year.[8] In November 2021, the Centre produced a Scots dialectal map of Scotland.[9] In September 2021, the Centre published a guide for writing in Scots.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "In yer ain wirds - What might we lose if we all began to speak like each other?". BBC News. 8 October 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19869396. 
  2. ↑ Holmes, Jonathan (5 Dec 2016). "Will Siri Ever Learn Scottish?". https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/12/will-siri-ever-learn-scottish/. Retrieved 2020-08-27. 
  3. ↑ "Languages: Scots - gov.scot". https://www.gov.scot/policies/languages/scots/. 
  4. ↑ "Scotslanguage.com - 1990-2020 Modern Scots 6". https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/746/type/referance. 
  5. ↑ Bann, Jennifer (2015-10-02) (in en). Spelling Scots: The Orthography of Literary Scots, 1700-2000. Edinburgh University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7486-9645-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sqEkDQAAQBAJ&dq=Scots+Language+Centre&pg=PA95. 
  6. ↑ "Website help over Scots language". BBC News. 28 February 2011. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-12592089. Retrieved 2020-08-27. 
  7. ↑ "Explore 'Glesca' and 'Embra' on interactive Scots language map". The Scotsman. https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/explore-glesca-and-embra-interactive-scots-language-map-1407241. 
  8. ↑ "How the unassuming housing area of Burdiehouse has been revealed as ground zero for a rediscovery of Scots 'exonyms'". https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19224853.unassuming-housing-area-burdiehouse-revealed-ground-zero-rediscovery-scots-exonyms/. 
  9. ↑ Gerrard, Philippa (25 November 2020). "Spikkin Scots: Listen to the different dialects of Scotland with our interactive map". Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/specials/2654848/spikkin-scots-doric/. 
  10. ↑ Carmichael, Hannah (2 September 2021). "Scots Language Centre to offer new guide in writing in the leid" (in en). The National. Newsquest Media Group. https://www.thenational.scot/news/19552577.scots-language-centre-offer-new-guide-writing-leid/. 

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