Ulstèr-Scotch leid
Ulster Scots, ca'aed Ulstèr-Scotch an Ullans, ïs tha dialect o tha Scotch leid[1] 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.[2] 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[citation needit].
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
Teachin the Ulster Scots leid
The Institute o Ulster Scots Studies wis established in 2001 bi the Ulster Varsity.[8]
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
Fremmit airtins
- The Ulster-Scots Agency
- Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch: An English Name for a Scots Organization? (PDF) Archived 2010-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- BBC wabsteid anent the Ulster Scots leid