A study published in January 2024 by language learning platform Preply found that the Shetland dialect is the hardest in the ...

The head of the Ulster-Scots Agency has said that the lack of requirement for the new commissioner to speak the language ...

While the Irish language commissioner is expected to be a Gaeilgeoir their Ulster Scots counterpart needn’t speak the Hamely ...

This intriguing term is defined in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language as “a salt herring of fine quality, sometimes a red herring”. That ...

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has given her backing to Scots language experts who have compiled 100 Scots words, their meaning and origin used in the hit book and television series. Dictionaries ...

Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) released its new online publication, 100 Scots Words from Outlander, after seeing a spike in searches on its website for words from the story. And author ...

A clachan is defined in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) as, “A hamlet, village, generally containing a church; ‘a small cluster ...

If you fancy a career change, have you considered applying for the new post of Ulster Scots commissioner? Don’t worry as the ...

A failure by the executive to appoint commissioners for the Irish language and Ulster-Scots has been criticised by a United ...

Proposals from the language commissioners have to be approved by the first minister and deputy first minister before taking ...

It is a collaboration between National Museums Scotland and Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture.

A Scottish regional accent has been named the most difficult in the world to imitate, even for professionals, according to language experts. Scotland is home to a variety of distinctive accents ...