Early Scots

Early Scots
Inglis
RegionScottish Lowlands
EraDeveloped into Middle Scots by the late 15th century
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
One interpretation of the linguistic divide in 1400, here based on place-name evidence.
  Middle English/Early Scots
  Norn

Early Scots was the emerging literary language of the Early 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).

Early examples such as Barbour’s The Brus and Wyntoun’s Chronicle are better explained as part of Northern Middle English than as isolated forerunners of later Scots, a name first used to describe the language later in the Middle Scots period.