why do the Welsh have they own language but the Scots do not?

9 Comments

1. Svartalf says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   Actually the Scots have TWO languages of their own.

   1) Scottish Gaelic, a close cousin to Irish (but with strong differences, though) that is nearly disappeared except in the extreme North and the Hebrides.

   2) Scots. The language in which Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, wrote. It can be regarded as a dialect of english, but you’d better have a dictionary to read it if you’re not used to it, and it’s always fun to see the face of brits from the midlands and areas south when a Glaswegian talks to them in it… pronunciation is a doozy when you’re used to basic english.
2. sleepwalker69 says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   you are so dense i want to slap you
3. keypointist says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   The Scots DO.

   It’s called Scots Gallic.
4. oif1983 says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   the scots do have their own language. scots gaelic. very similar to Irish gaelic
5. bullybrian2000 says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   I dinnae…

   oops there it is
6. Taivo says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   The Scots DO have their own language, but, unlike Welsh, Scots Gaelic was outlawed by the British after the Battle of Culloden. Very few people still speak Scots and it is unlikely to make a recovery. When the Welsh decided to reinvigorate Welsh in the last century, they had many more Welsh speakers as a base to start with.
7. Jessi says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   um…its called Gaelic…
8. bob m says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   they do Scots r Celts like the Irish there language Celtic
9. haggesitze says:

   October 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   They even have two, Scots or Lawlands which is a germanic language/dialect and Scottish Gaelic, which is a celtic language like Irish Gaelic, or Welsh.