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Insular Scots

varieties of Lowland Scots influenced by Norn
Class type of: Scots Q16919205

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
dialect group
Subclass of
Scots
Dialect of
Scots[6]
Has part(s)
Shetlandic, Orcadian[4][5]
Influenced by
Norn[3]
P14940
bll-197361919[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Insular Scots es escocés insular ja スコットランド諸島方言 ja 島嶼スコットランド語 ko 도서 스코트어 zh 海岛低地苏格兰语 zh 海島低地蘇格蘭語 zh 海島蘇格蘭語
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/026zg3m
Glottolog code
insu1251
Linguist List code
sco-ins
Topic's main category
Category:Insular Scots
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Summary

Insular Scots is a dialect group[1]. It is a type of Scots[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Shetlandic, Orcadian
    Freebase ID → /m/026zg3m
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'sco']
    Topic's main category → Category:Insular Scots
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14940: bll-197361919"
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