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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The organisation was founded in 1993 as the Scots Language Resource Centre.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 1996, the centre held a "Spellin Collogue" in an attempt to reform <a href="/facts/Scots_orthography/Cf65MbDe">Scots orthography</a>, but was ultimately unsuccessful.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>In preparation for a new question on the census asking whether residents could understand Scots, the organisation launched a website with example of the language to allow respondents to determine if they could.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>A digital map of Scotland with Scots place names was published by the Centre in 2019.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> During 2020, the Centre researched Scots exonyms for European settlements and countries and compiled a map based on this information the following year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In November 2021, the Centre produced a Scots dialectal map of Scotland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> In September 2021, the Centre published a guide for writing in Scots.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.scotslanguage.com/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"In yer ain wirds - What might we lose if we all began to speak like each other?". BBC News. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2021. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19869396" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19869396</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Holmes, Jonathan (5 December 2016). "Will Siri Ever Learn Scottish?". Gizmodo UK. Retrieved 27 August 2020. <a href="https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/12/will-siri-ever-learn-scottish/" target="_blank">https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/12/will-siri-ever-learn-scottish/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Languages: Scots - gov.scot". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 8 September 2021. <a href="https://www.gov.scot/policies/languages/scots/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/policies/languages/scots/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Scotslanguage.com - 1990-2020 Modern Scots 6". www.scotslanguage.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023. <a href="https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/746/type/referance" target="_blank">https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/746/type/referance</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Bann, Jennifer (2 October 2015). Spelling Scots: The Orthography of Literary Scots, 1700-2000. Edinburgh University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7486-9645-1. <a href="978-0-7486-9645-1" target="_blank">978-0-7486-9645-1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Website help over Scots language". BBC News. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2020. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-12592089" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-12592089</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Explore 'Glesca' and 'Embra' on interactive Scots language map". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 February 2023. <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/explore-glesca-and-embra-interactive-scots-language-map-1407241" target="_blank">https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/explore-glesca-and-embra-interactive-scots-language-map-1407241</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"How the unassuming housing area of Burdiehouse has been revealed as ground zero for a rediscovery of Scots 'exonyms'". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 27 February 2023. <a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19224853.unassuming-housing-area-burdiehouse-revealed-ground-zero-rediscovery-scots-exonyms/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19224853.unassuming-housing-area-burdiehouse-revealed-ground-zero-rediscovery-scots-exonyms/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Gerrard, Philippa (25 November 2020). "Spikkin Scots: Listen to the different dialects of Scotland with our interactive map". Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. Retrieved 8 September 2021. <a href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/specials/2654848/spikkin-scots-doric/" target="_blank">https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/specials/2654848/spikkin-scots-doric/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Carmichael, Hannah (2 September 2021). "Scots Language Centre to offer new guide in writing in the leid". The National. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 8 September 2021. <a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/19552577.scots-language-centre-offer-new-guide-writing-leid/" target="_blank">https://www.thenational.scot/news/19552577.scots-language-centre-offer-new-guide-writing-leid/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>