strategy_to_enhance_and_develop_the_ulster_scots_language__heritage_and_culture_2015-2035

Patent Fennin
Public Services
Ettlin 1: Tae eik til respeck fur tha Ulstèr-Scotch
leid, heirskip an cultùr.
Ettlin 3: Tae graith Ulstèr-Scotch as a leevin leid
accoardin til tha Euraip Chairtèr fur Kintrie-Pairt
or Unnèr-Docht Leids.
Objective 1: To increase respect for the Ulster-
Scots language, heritage and culture.
Objective 3: To develop Ulster Scots as a living
language in line with the European Charter for
Regional or Minority Languages.
4.35 Tha Euraip Chairtèr fur Kintrie-Pairt or
Unnèr-Docht Leids (tha Chairtèr) aloos it
bes a foond fur tha stannin o kintriepairt
or unnèr-docht leids an thair
fordèrin tae lat thaim be uised in trokin
wi patent owerances. Leid is a wye o
patent ownin an cannae be crulged intil
tha set o colloguin wi yer ain an nae
ither. Mair betoken, tha Chairtèr hauds
’at gin a leid isnae uised or tae tha fore in
tha set o goverment, tha laa or guidin, “it
wull weer til tynin aa its offer fur a reenge
o vocables in thon set an be a ‘doonhauden’
leid got, no fït tae gie ootlat til
ilka kine o resydentèr mellin”. 12
4.36 Tha Chairtèr bes a moyen ’at recks gyely
fur tha ootpit o Ulstèr-Scotch patent
fennin, sae it recks gyely ’at swaatches o
tha Chairtèr tae tha purpose bes
implymentit.
4.37 Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch bes o a mine
’at this Roadin is an inlat fur tha patent
fennin fowk tae tak tha forehan o’t, tha
wye the’ hae daen wi Shaidin 75 ontaks
anent jonick inlats an guid mellin, 13
threapin ’at respeck fur Ulstèr-Scotch,
athin tha set o cultùral sindèriness, shud
be a stoup o ilka patent convenerie’s
thirlin til guid mellin.
4.35 The European Charter for Regional or
Minority Languages (the Charter) states
that it is fundamental to the status of
regional or minority languages and their
development to allow their use in
dealings with public authorities.
Language is a means of public
communication and cannot be reduced
to the sphere of private relations alone.
Furthermore, the Charter states that if a
language is not used or visible in the
political, legal or administrative sphere,
”it will gradually lose all its
terminological potential in that field and
become a ‘handicapped’ language,
incapable of expressing every aspect of
community life”. 12
4.36 The Charter is an important vehicle for
the provision of Ulster-Scots public
services so it is important that relevant
aspects of the Charter are implemented.
4.37 The Ulster-Scots Agency sees this
Strategy as an opportunity for the public
services to lead, in the same way that
they have led in relation to Section 75
duties on equality of opportunity and
good relations, 13 arguing that respect for
Ulster Scots, within the context of
cultural diversity, should be an element
of every public body’s commitment to
good relations.
12 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages – Explanatory Report, Paragraph 101
13 Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
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