Scripture in Scots
The New Testament is reported in Scots.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Scots is spoken
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
About Scots
- Language family
- Indo-European
- ISO 639-3 code
- sco
- Glottocode
- scot1243
- Also known as
- Scots: Doric
Dialects and varieties 21
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Scots as a whole.
- BungeeNo known Scripture
- DoricNo known Scripture
- East Dumfries ScotsNo known Scripture
- Eastern Mid ScotsNo known Scripture
- Insular ScotsNo known Scripture
- LallansNo known Scripture
- Mid Dumfries ScotsNo known Scripture
- Mid Northern ScotsNo known Scripture
- Mid ScotsNo known Scripture
- North Northern ScotsNo known Scripture
- Northern ScotsNo known Scripture
- Orcadian ScotsNo known Scripture
- Orkney ScotsNo known Scripture
- Roxburgh ScotsNo known Scripture
- Selkirk ScotsNo known Scripture
- ShaetlanNo known Scripture
- South Northern ScotsNo known Scripture
- Southern Mid ScotsNo known Scripture
- Southern ScotsNo known Scripture
- UlsterNo known Scripture
- Western Mid ScotsNo known Scripture
Other languages of United Kingdom
- British Sign LanguagePortions of Scripture
- Old WelshNo known Scripture
- PictishNo known Scripture
- PolariNo known Scripture
- QuenyaNo known Scripture
- Scottish GaelicComplete Bible
- SindarinNo known Scripture
- Welsh RomaniNo known Scripture
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
- Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.