History of the Scots language

"History of Scots" redirects here. For the history of Scots Gaelic, see history of Scottish Gaelic. For the history of the Scots people, see Scottish people. For the history of the Scots culture, see culture of Scotland.

Scots language
History
Dialects
The growth and distribution of Scots in Scotland and Ulster:
  Northumbrian Old English by the beginning of the 9th century in the northern portion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, now modern southeastern Scotland
  Early Scots by the beginning of the 15th century
  Present-day extent of Modern Scots

The history of the Scots language refers to how Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland developed into modern Scots.