Middle Scots

Middle Scots
Middle Scots
Scottis
Region	Scottish Lowlands, to some extent the Northern Isles
Era	Developed into Modern Scots by mid-18th century
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic Middle Scots; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Northumbrian Old English Early Middle English Early Scots ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	sco-smi
Glottolog	None
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Middle Scots was the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700. By the end of the 15th century, its phonology, orthography, accidence, syntax and vocabulary had diverged markedly from Early Scots, which was virtually indistinguishable from early Northumbrian Middle English. Subsequently, the orthography of Middle Scots differed from that of the emerging Modern English standard. Middle Scots was fairly uniform throughout its many texts, albeit with some variation due to the use of Romance forms in translations from Latin or French, turns of phrases and grammar in recensions of southern texts influenced by southern forms, misunderstandings and mistakes made by foreign printers.