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Scottish English

varieties of English spoken in Scotland
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Scottish English

Summary

Scottish English is a dialect[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,972 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scottish English's instance of is recorded as dialect[3].
  • Scottish English's instance of is recorded as regiolect[4].
  • Scottish English is a type of British English[5].
  • Scottish English's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scottish English[6].
  • Scottish English's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://english.stackexchange.com/tags/scottish-english[7].
  • Scottish English's different from is recorded as Scots[8].
  • Scottish English's different from is recorded as Scottish Gaelic[9].
  • Scottish English's dialect of is recorded as English[10].
  • Scottish English's related category is recorded as Category:Scottish English pronunciation[11].

Why It Matters

Scottish English ranks in the top 6% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,972 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Scottish English. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scottish-english
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scottish-english_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Scottish English}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scottish-english}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-06}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Tigered27 · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → dialect, regiolect
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q455374]]"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → dialect, regiolect
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → British English
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554366205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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