strategy_to_enhance_and_develop_the_ulster_scots_language__heritage_and_culture_2015-2035

1.10 Tha lannin, fordèrin an confoarmin o tha
Scotch leid in Ulstèr stairtit in troth wi
tha muckle heftins o tha 16 hunnèrs.
Thir taen in a Plentin ploy at tha sicht o
Kïng Jamie Sïxt hissel eftèr tha Conjynin
o tha Croons in 16an03 an tha Hamilton-
Megommerie ploy ’at cum afore this. Tha
feck o fowk ’at cum frae lallan Scoatlan
furtae heft in Ulstèr thon time taaked a
kine o a Scotch steid o Inglish or tha
Gaalic (tha leid o tha Heilans an Islans).
Tha forehannit uise o tha vocable
‘Ulstèr-Scotch’ ’at the’ ken o (fur tha
fowk mair nor thair taak) gaes baak til
16an40. Seein tha maist feck o tha Lallan
Scotch daednae wun til Ulstèr tae tha
16an90s, it wad be faisible tae mint ’at
Ulstèr-Scotch as a sindèrie taaked
swaatch o Scotch cums oot o tha
seiventaen hunnèrs mair nor tha sïxtaen
hunnèrs. Ower tha hunnèrs o yeirs
atween, tha leid o tha Scotch incummers
haes weered an thraa’ed intil a byordnar
Ulstèr kine o Scotch.
1.11 Forbye, tha incummers brocht an
graithed thair ain by-ordnar cultùral
hamelt daeins, takkin in lettèrs an
airtistic ootlats; releegious an pairtie
gates; knackie skeels tha like o biggin,
fairmin an toon ettlin; an kines o mellin
an sillerie guidin.
1.12 Theday tha inpit o tha Scotch plentèrs
kythes athort oor resydentèrs in
sindèrie wyes, takkin in oor gates adae
wi relïgion an poaliticks, an adae wi
musick an daunce, forbye whut we hae
tae oor mait an tha wye we taak.
Figgers adae wi Ulstèr-Scotch
1.13 Thair’s monie a yin amang resydentèrs
’at leuks tha gate o tha Ulstèr-Scotch
hamelt daeins an cultùral maitters. Yins
makkin repone til tha Aa-lappin Scance o
Aprile 20an10 gien wut ’at 49 in ilka
1.10 The arrival, development and adaptation
of the Scots language in Ulster began in
earnest with the large-scale settlements
of the 17 th century. These included a
Plantation scheme personally
supervised by King James following the
Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the
Hamilton-Montgomery scheme which
preceded this. Most of the people who
came from lowland Scotland to settle in
Ulster at this period spoke a version of
Scots rather than English or (as in the
Highlands and Islands) Gaelic. The first
known use of the term ‘Ulster Scots’ (for
the people rather than their speech)
dates from 1640. As the largest group of
Lowland Scots arrived in Ulster as late
as the 1690s it is plausible to suggest
that Ulster Scots as a distinct spoken
variety of Scots is a product of the 18 th
rather than the 17 th century. The
Scottish settlers’ language has over the
centuries slowly developed and
transmuted into a distinctive Ulster
variety of Scots.
1.11 The settlers also brought and developed
their own distinctive cultural traditions,
including literary and artistic idioms;
religious and political ideals; practical
skills such as building, farming and town
planning; and forms of social and
economic organisation.
1.12 Today the influence of the Scottish
settlers can be seen across our
community in a variety of ways
including in religious and political life, in
musical and dance traditions as well as
in the food we eat and the way we speak.
Statistics on Ulster Scots
1.13 There is extensive public interest in the
Ulster-Scots tradition and cultural
issues. Respondents to the Omnibus
Survey of April 2010 indicated that 49%
agreed that Ulster Scots plays an
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