Tag: Scottish Languages

by Paul Kavanagh Read part 8 1800 AD : It was during this period that both Scotland's major languages became minoritised, but Scots and...

by Paul Kavanagh Read part 6 1400 AD : A massive shift to Scots is in progress in the Lowlands. By this time Scots...

by Paul Kavanagh 600 AD : Pictish and Cumbric were now seen as quite different languages spoken by distinct peoples.  They may still have...

by Paul Kavanagh 300 AD :  By this time the Brittonic dialect of Roman Britain was beginning to undergo a massive set of phonetic...

by Paul Kavanagh   The origins and meanings of the names of Scottish languages The study of word origins is called etymology, the word...