Question: Information: - The Brus, also known as The Bruce, is a long narrative poem, in Early Scots, of just under 14,000 octosyllabic lines composed by John Barbour which gives a historic and chivalric account of the actions of Robert the Bruce and the Black Douglas in the Scottish Wars of Independence during a period from the circumstances leading up the English invasion of 1296 through to Scotland's restored position in the years between the Truce of 1328 and the death of Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray in 1332. - Robert I (11 July 1274 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: "Roibert a Briuis"; modern Scottish Gaelic: "Raibeart Bruis"; Norman French: "Robert de Brus" or "Robert de Bruys"; Early Scots: "Robert Brus"), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation, and eventually led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully during his reign to regain Scotland's place as an independent country and is today revered in Scotland as a national hero. - Early Scots was the emerging literary language of the Northern Middle English speaking parts of Scotland in the period before 1450. The northern forms of Middle English descended from Northumbrian Old English. During this period, speakers referred to the language as "English" ("Inglis", "Ynglis", and variants). - John Barbour ( c.1320 -- 13 March 1395 ) was a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to write in Scots . His principal surviving work is the historical verse romance , The Brus ( The Bruce ) , and his reputation from this poem is such that other long works in Scots which survive from the period are sometimes thought to be by him . He is known to have written a number of other works , but other titles definitely ascribed to his authorship , such as The Stewartis Oryginalle ( Genealogy of the Stewarts ) and The Brut ( Brutus ) , are now lost . Barbour was latterly Archdeacon of the Kirk of St Machar in Aberdeen . He also studied in Oxford and Paris . Although he was a man of the church , his surviving writing is strongly secular in both tone and themes . His principal patron was Robert II and evidence of his promotion and movements before Robert Stewart came to power as king tend to suggest that Barbour acted politically on the future king 's behalf . He died in 1395 , probably in Aberdeen . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'john barbour ' exhibits the relationship of 'languages spoken or written'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - english - middle english - scottish gaelic
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middle english