Ulstèr-Scotch leid

**Ulster Scots**, ca'aed **Ulstèr-Scotch** an **Ullans**, ïs tha dialect o tha Scots leid spak ïn Ulster (Norlin Airlan an tha Republic o Airlan). Ït is maistly spak bae tha Ulster-Scots fowk yit mony wirds, lik *glaikit* an *wee*, hae been borraed intae the ilkaday speak o ither fowks. Policies at forder Erse an Ulster-Scots is tae be promuived in Norlin Airlan syne 2020. The leid can be pairtit intae three kynds: **Westren Ulster Scots** in Coonties Derry an Dunnygal, **Central Ulster Scots** in Coontie Antrim, an **Eastren Ulster Scots** in Coontie Doun an The Ards.

## Speaker population an spreid
Estimates o the amoont o Ulster Scots spikkers chynge; fae a weel-hertit estimate o anent 100,000 tae a laich ane o aboot 30,000 in the Northren Ireland *Life and Times* leuk o 1999. Loyalists is mair likely tae spik it than naitionalists.

Ulster Scots is spak maistly in east Coonty Antrim, north Coonty Doun, north-east Coonty Lunnonderry, the Laggan aurie o Coonty Donegal an in the fishin veelages o the Mourne coast.

## Govrenmental kennin

### North/Sooth Co-operation Order 1999
In the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northren Ireland Order 1999 Ulster Scots is defined as: *the variety of the Scots language which has traditionally been used in parts of Northern Ireland and in Donegal in Ireland*.

The defineetion fae the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northren Ireland Order 1999 abuin wis uised in the 1 Julie 2005 *Second Periodical Report* bi the Unitit Kinrick tae the Secretar General o the Cooncil o Europe shawin hou the UK meets its obligations unner the European Chairter for Regional an Minoritie Leids.

### Guid Friday Agreement

The 1998 Guid Friday Agreement awns Ulster Scots as *"part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland"*, an established the Ulster-Scots Agency (Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch) an aw. The Northren Ireland Asssemblie, stelt bi the Guid Friday Agreement, gies Ulster Scots speakers information in thair awn leid.

### European Chairter for Regional and Minoritie Leids
The declaration made bi the Unitit Kinrick Govrenment adae wi the European Chairter for Regional an Minoritie Leids is as follaes:

The United Kingdom declares, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Charter that it recognises that Scots and Ulster Scots meet the Charter's definition of a regional or minority language for the purposes of Part II of the Charter.

## Teachin the Ulster Scots leid
The Institute o Ulster Scots Studies wis established in 2001 bi the Ulster Varsity.

BBC Northren Ireland hae a section on thair wabsteid on learnin Ulster Scots, an the Boord o Ulster Scots hae makkit a few buiks in Ulster Scots.

## A Preein o Ulser Scots
*The Muse Dismissed* (Hugh Porter 1780–1839)

:Be hush'd my Muse, ye ken the morn
:Begins the shearing o' the corn,
:Whar knuckles monie a risk maun run,
:An' monie a trophy's lost an' won,
:Whar sturdy boys wi' might and main
:Shall camp, till wrists an' thumbs they strain,
:While pithless, pantin' wi' the heat,
:They bathe their weazen'd pelts in sweat
:To gain a sprig o' fading fame,
:Before they taste the dear-bought cream—
:But bide ye there, my pens an' papers,
:For I maun up, an' to my scrapers—
:Yet, min', my lass— ye maun return
:This very night we cut the churn.
:I want hom tha nite tae me ma
:an shea sae up da da

## References


## See forby
*Ulster-Scots fowk
*Ulster Scots Agency
*Depairtment o Cultur Airts an Leisur (''Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom'' in Ulstèr-Scotch)

## Fremmit airtins
*The Ulster-Scots Agency
* Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch: ''An English Name for a Scots Organization?'' (PDF) 
*BBC wabsteid anent the Ulster Scots leid