Scots
Germanic
Scots (Lallans) is a West Germanic language with ~1.5M speakers in Lowland Scotland and Northern Ireland (Ulster Scots). Sister to English (both descended from Anglian Old English) — diverged after the 12th c.; Robert Burns 18th-c. literary canon. Recognized under the European Charter for Regional/Minority Languages 2001. Distinct from Scottish Gaelic (Celtic).
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Scots
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| Meaning | Scots | Scottish English | Early Modern English | Irish English | Geordie | West Country English | Welsh English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | watter /ˈwɑtəɹ/ | water /ˈwɔːtəɹ/ | water /ˈwætər/ | water /ˈwɑːtəɹ/ | water /ˈwɔːtɐ/ | water /ˈwɔːtɚ/ | water /ˈwɔːtə/ |
| Fire | fire /fəiɹ/ | fire /faɪɹ/ | fyre /fəir/ | fire /fɑɪəɹ/ | fire /faɪə/ | fire /faɪɚ/ | fire /faɪə/ |
| Sun | sun /sʌn/ | sun /sʌn/ | sunne /sʊn/ | sun /sʊn/ | sun /sʊn/ | sun /sʌn/ | sun /sʌn/ |
| Moon | muin /mɪn/ | moon /muːn/ | moone /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ |
| Star | starn /stɑrn/ | star /staɾ/ | star /staːɹ/ | star /stɑːɹ/ | star /staː/ | star /stɑːɹ/ | star /staː/ |
| Night | nicht /nɪçt/ | night /nəɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ |
| Rain | rain /ren/ | rain /ren/ | rain /reːn/ | rain /ɾeːn/ | rain /ɹeːn/ | rain /ɹeɪn/ | rain /ɾeɪn/ |
| Snow | snaw /snɑː/ | snow /snəʊ/ | snow /snoː/ | snow /snəʊ/ | snow /snəʊ/ | snow /snəʊ/ | snow /snoʊ/ |
| Wind | wind /wɪn/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ |
| Earth | yird /jɪrd/ | earth /ɛɹθ/ | earth /ɛːrθ/ | earth /ɜːɹθ/ | earth /ɜːθ/ | earth /ɝθ/ | earth /ɜːθ/ |
| Stone | stane /steːn/ | stone /stoːn/ | stone /stoːn/ | stone /stoʊn/ | stone /stɔːn/ | stone /stəʊn/ | stone /stoːn/ |
| Mountain | mountain /ˈmʌntən/ | mountain /ˈmʌuntɪn/ | mountaine /ˈməuntɪn/ | mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ | mountain /ˈmuːntɪn/ | mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ | mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/ |
| Sea | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ | sea /seː/ | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ |
| Mother | mither /ˈmɪðəɹ/ | mother /ˈmʌðəɹ/ | mother /ˈmʊðər/ | mother /ˈmʊðəɹ/ | mother /ˈmʊðɐ/ | mother /ˈmʌðɚ/ | mother /ˈmʌðə/ |
| Father | faither /ˈfeðəɹ/ | father /ˈfaðəɹ/ | father /ˈfɑːðər/ | father /ˈfɑːðəɹ/ | father /ˈfaːðɐ/ | father /ˈvɑːðɚ/ | father /ˈfɑːðə/ |
| Daughter | dochter /ˈdɔxtəɹ/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtəɹ/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtər/ | daughter /ˈdɒːtəɹ/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtɐ/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtɚ/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtə/ |
| I | A /ə/ | I /ʌi/ | I /əi/ | I /ɑɪ/ | I /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ |
| You | ye /ji/ | you /juː/ | thou /ðou/ | you /juː/ | you /juː/ | you /juː/ | you /juː/ |
| We | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ |
| Name | name /neːm/ | name /nem/ | name /neːm/ | name /neːm/ | name /neːm/ | name /neɪm/ | name /neːm/ |
| Person | body /ˈbʌdi/ | person /ˈpɛɹsən/ | person /ˈpɛrsən/ | person /ˈpɜːɹsən/ | person /ˈpɜːsən/ | person /ˈpɝsən/ | person /ˈpɜːsən/ |
| Head | heid /hid/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ |
| Eye | ee /iː/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /əi/ | eye /ɑɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ |
| Ear | lug /lʌɡ/ | ear /ir/ | ear /eːr/ | ear /iːɹ/ | ear /ɪə/ | ear /ɪɚ/ | ear /iːə/ |
| Nose | neb /nɛb/ | nose /noz/ | nose /noːz/ | nose /noːz/ | nose /niəz/ | nose /nəʊz/ | nose /noʊz/ |
| Mouth | mooth /muθ/ | mouth /mʌuθ/ | mouth /muːθ/ | mouth /maʊθ/ | mouth /muːθ/ | mouth /maʊθ/ | mouth /maʊθ/ |
| Tooth | tuith /tʏθ/ | tooth /tuːθ/ | tooth /tʊθ/ | tooth /tuːθ/ | tooth /tʊθ/ | tooth /tuːθ/ | tooth /tuːθ/ |
| Tongue | tung /tʌŋ/ | tongue /tʌŋ/ | tongue /tʊŋ/ | tongue /tʌŋ/ | tongue /tʊŋ/ | tongue /tʌŋ/ | tongue /tʌŋ/ |
| Hand | haund /hɑːnd/ | hand /hand/ | hand /hand/ | hand /hand/ | hand /hand/ | hand /hand/ | hand /hand/ |
| Foot | fit /fɪt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ |
| Heart | hert /hɛɹt/ | heart /haɾt/ | heart /hɛrt/ | heart /hɑːɹt/ | heart /haːt/ | heart /hɑːɹt/ | heart /haːt/ |
| Bone | bane /beːn/ | bone /boːn/ | bone /boːn/ | bone /boʊn/ | bone /bɔːn/ | bone /bəʊn/ | bone /boːn/ |
| Blood | bluid /blʏd/ | blood /blʌd/ | blood /bluːd/ | blood /blʌd/ | blood /blʊd/ | blood /blʌd/ | blood /blʌd/ |
| Poop | keech /kiːtʃ/ | poo /puː/ | turd /tɜːrd/ | poo /puː/ | poo /puː/ | poo /puː/ | poo /puː/ |
| Love | luve /lʌv/ | love /lʌv/ | loue /lʊv/ | love /lʊv/ | love /lʊv/ | love /lʌv/ | love /lʌv/ |
| Tree | tree /triː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /triː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ |
| Dog | dug /dʌɡ/ | dog /dɔɡ/ | dogge /dɔɡ/ | dog /dɒɡ/ | dog /dɒɡ/ | dog /dɒɡ/ | dog /dɒɡ/ |
| Cat | cat /kat/ | cat /kat/ | cat /kat/ | cat /kat/ | cat /kat/ | cat /kat/ | cat /kʰat/ |
| Fish | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ |
| Bird | bird /bɪrd/ | bird /bɝd/ | bird /bɪrd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ |
| Butterfly | butterflee /ˈbʌtərfliː/ | butterfly /ˈbʌtəɹflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbʊtərfləi/ | butterfly /ˈbʊtəɹflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbʊtəflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbʌtɚflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ |
| Egg | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egge /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ |
| Bear | beir /biːɹ/ | bear /bɛɹ/ | bear /beːr/ | bear /bɛɹ/ | bear /bɛə/ | bear /bɛɹ/ | bear /bɛː/ |
| Horse | horse /hɔrs/ | horse /hɔɾs/ | horse /hɔrs/ | horse /hɔɹs/ | horse /hɔːs/ | horse /hɔːɹs/ | horse /hɔːs/ |
| House | hoose /huːs/ | house /hʌus/ | house /huːs/ | house /haʊs/ | house /huːs/ | house /haʊs/ | house /haʊs/ |
| Milk | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ |
| Honey | hinnie /ˈhɪni/ | honey /ˈhʌni/ | honey /ˈhʊni/ | honey /ˈhʌni/ | honey /ˈhʊni/ | honey /ˈhʌni/ | honey /ˈhʌni/ |
| Salt | saut /sɑːt/ | salt /sɔlt/ | salt /salt/ | salt /sɒlt/ | salt /sɔːlt/ | salt /sɔːlt/ | salt /sɔːlt/ |
| Wine | wine /wəin/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /wəin/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ |
| Rice | rice /rəis/ | rice /ɹəɪs/ | rice /rəis/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ |
| Chocolate | chocolate /ˈtʃɔkəlɪt/ | chocolate /ˈtʃɔklət/ | — | chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/ | chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/ | chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/ | chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/ |
| Iron | airn /ɛɹn/ | iron /aɪɹn/ | iron /ˈəirən/ | iron /ˈɑɪəɹn/ | iron /ˈaɪən/ | iron /ˈaɪɚn/ | iron /ˈaɪən/ |
| Wheel | wheel /ʍiːl/ | wheel /ʍiːl/ | wheel /ʍiːl/ | wheel /ʍiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ |
| Silk | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | silke /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ |
| Book | buik /bjʌk/ | book /bʊk/ | booke /buːk/ | book /bʊk/ | book /bʊk/ | book /bʊk/ | book /bʊk/ |
| Eat | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eate /eːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ |
| Drink | drink /drɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drinke /driŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ |
| Sleep | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleepe /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ |
| One | ane /en/ | one /wʌn/ | one /oːn/ | one /wʊn/ | one /wʊn/ | one /wʌn/ | one /wʌn/ |
| Two | twa /twɑː/ | two /tuː/ | two /tuː/ | two /tˠuː/ | two /tuː/ | two /tuː/ | two /tuː/ |
| Three | three /θriː/ | three /θɹiː/ | three /θriː/ | three /θɹiː/ | three /θɹiː/ | three /θɹiː/ | three /θɹiː/ |
| Four | fower /ˈfʌuər/ | four /foɾ/ | four /foːr/ | four /foːɹ/ | four /fɔː/ | four /fɔːɹ/ | four /fɔː/ |
| Five | five /fəiv/ | five /faɪv/ | fiue /fəiv/ | five /faɪv/ | five /faɪv/ | five /faɪv/ | five /faɪv/ |
| Hundred | hunner /ˈhʌnər/ | hundred /ˈhʌndɹəd/ | hundred /ˈhʊndrəd/ | hundred /ˈhʌndɹəd/ | hundred /ˈhʊndɹəd/ | hundred /ˈhʌndɹəd/ | hundred /ˈhʌndɾəd/ |
| Hello | hullo /hʌˈlo/ | hello /hɛˈlo/ | good den /ɡuːd dɛn/ | hello /hɛˈloː/ | hello /həˈloː/ | hello /hɛˈloʊ/ | hello /həˈləʊ/ |
| Thank you | thanks /θaŋks/ | thanks /θaŋks/ | gramercy /ɡraˈmɛrsi/ | thanks /taŋks/ | thanks /θaŋks/ | thanks /θaŋks/ | thanks /θaŋks/ |
| Good | guid /ɡɪd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊːd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ |
| New | new /njuː/ | new /njuː/ | new /nɪu̯/ | new /njuː/ | new /njuː/ | new /njuː/ | new /nɪʊ/ |
| Red | reid /rid/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /rɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɾɛd/ |
| White | white /ʍəit/ | white /waɪt/ | white /ʍəit/ | white /ʍaɪt/ | white /waɪt/ | white /waɪt/ | white /waɪt/ |
| Black | black /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blak/ |
| Green | green /ɡriːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | greene /ɡriːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɾiːn/ |
| Blue | blue /bluː/ | blue /bluː/ | — | blue /bluː/ | blue /bluː/ | blue /bluː/ | blue /blɪʊ/ |
| Cuckoo | gowk /ɡʌuk/ | cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ | cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ | cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ | cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ | cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ | cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ |
| Woof | wowff /wʌuf/ | woof /wʊf/ | — | woof /wʊf/ | woof /wʊf/ | woof /wʊf/ | woof /wʊf/ |
| Computer | computer /kəmˈpjutər/ | computer /kəmˈpjutər/ | computer /kɔmˈpiu̯tər/ | computer /kəmˈpjuːtəɾ/ | computer /kəmˈpjuːtə/ | computer /kəmˈpjuːtɚ/ | computer /kəmˈpɪʊtə/ |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi /ˈwaɪfaɪ/ | — | Wi-Fi /ˈwaɪfaɪ/ | Wi-Fi /ˈwaɪfaɪ/ | Wi-Fi /ˈwaɪfaɪ/ | Wi-Fi /ˈwaɪfaɪ/ |
| Sushi | sushi | sushi /ˈsʉʃi/ | stockfish /ˈstɒkfɪʃ/ | sushi /ˈsuːʃiː/ | sushi /ˈsuːʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuːʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuːʃi/ |
| Tea | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ | — | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ |
| Coffee | coffee /ˈkɔfi/ | coffee /ˈkɔfi/ | — | coffee /ˈkɒfi/ | coffee /ˈkɒfi/ | coffee /ˈkɒfi/ | coffee /ˈkɒfi/ |
| Sugar | shuggar /ˈʃʌɡər/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡəɹ/ | — | sugar /ˈʃʊɡəɹ/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡɐ/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡɚ/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/ |
| Orange | orange /ˈɔrɪndʒ/ | orange /ˈɔrɪndʒ/ | orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/ | orange /ˈɒɹɪndʒ/ | orange /ˈɒɹɪndʒ/ | orange /ˈɒɹɪndʒ/ | orange /ˈɒɾɪndʒ/ |
| Dopamine | dopamine | dopamine /ˈdoʊpəmiːn/ | — | dopamine /ˈdoʊpəmiːn/ | dopamine /ˈdəʊpəmiːn/ | dopamine /ˈdoʊpəmiːn/ | dopamine /ˈdəʊpəmiːn/ |
| At sign | at /at/ | at /at/ | — | at /at/ | at /at/ | at /at/ | at /at/ |
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