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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Scottish | |name = Scottish | ||
|nativename = | |nativename = Schottis | ||
|pronunciation = /skɔts/ | |pronunciation = /skɔts/ | ||
|creator = Frederic Bayer | |creator = Frederic Bayer | ||
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The '''Scottish language''' (Scottish: ''''' | The '''Scottish language''' (Scottish: '''''Schottis leid''''' /skɔts ɫid/), is one of two official languages of the [[United Kingdom of Scotland and Ireland]]. Despite the name, it is spoken natively in both constituent countries. It is closely related to the English language spoken in the [[Verse:Kingdom of England|Kingdom of England]]. Although Scottish is a West Germanic language, it is in a sprachbund with the Western group of the North Germanic languages (comprising Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian) and has evolved somewhat convergently with them. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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!Lord's Prayer | !Lord's Prayer | ||
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|Wor Faiðer, | |Wor Faiðer, sae ert in Hemin,<br>haillad wus þyn Name.<br>Þyn Kinrick com,<br>þyn Will schae,<br>sae in Hemin, sae in Earth.<br>Gi us ideȝ wor deȝliȝ Breid,<br>an forgi us wor Schold,<br>liksae wi forgi wor Scholders,<br>and nae lede us intil Forseekind,<br>but free us frae evil.<br>For at þyn er þe Kinrick,<br>and þe Micht and þe Glorie,<br>for ever and ever.<br>Amen. | ||
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