The Scots Language Centre ( Scots: Centre for the Scots Leid [1]) is an organisation that promotes the use of the Scots language. [2] The current director of the Scots Language Centre is Dr Michael Dempster. It receives funding from the Scottish Government. [3]
The organisation was founded in 1993 as the Scots Language Resource Centre. [4] In 1996, the centre held a "Spellin Collogue" in an attempt to reform Scots orthography, but was ultimately unsuccessful. [5]
In preparation for a new question on the census asking whether residents could understand Scots, the organisation launched a website with example of the language to allow respondents to determine if they could. [6]
A digital map of Scotland with Scots place names was published by the Centre in 2019. [7] During 2020, the Centre researched Scots exonyms for European settlements and countries and compiled a map based on this information the following year. [8] In November 2021, the Centre produced a Scots dialectal map of Scotland. [9] In September 2021, the Centre published a guide for writing in Scots. [10]
The Scots Language Centre ( Scots: Centre for the Scots Leid [1]) is an organisation that promotes the use of the Scots language. [2] The current director of the Scots Language Centre is Dr Michael Dempster. It receives funding from the Scottish Government. [3]
The organisation was founded in 1993 as the Scots Language Resource Centre. [4] In 1996, the centre held a "Spellin Collogue" in an attempt to reform Scots orthography, but was ultimately unsuccessful. [5]
In preparation for a new question on the census asking whether residents could understand Scots, the organisation launched a website with example of the language to allow respondents to determine if they could. [6]
A digital map of Scotland with Scots place names was published by the Centre in 2019. [7] During 2020, the Centre researched Scots exonyms for European settlements and countries and compiled a map based on this information the following year. [8] In November 2021, the Centre produced a Scots dialectal map of Scotland. [9] In September 2021, the Centre published a guide for writing in Scots. [10]