History

Question 1

In the 5th century, Irish speaking raiders invaded west Scotland and eventually expanded eastwards. What was the name of the kingdom they built there? And what language did they bring to Scotland

Answer 1

Dal Riata, Gaelic

Question 2

Before Irish raiders came to Scotland in the 5th century, what was the dominant language in Scotland? And what language family did it come from?

Answer 2

Pictish, Celtic

Question 3

Old English was brought to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. Where was Anglian spoken in the UK

Answer 3

NE England and SE Scotland. (Although they did not exist at this point in time)

Question 4

Did Vikings raid before or after Anglian settlers came to Britain?

Answer 4

After, in the 9th century

Question 5

After the Norman conquest in 1066, what types of people and languages were brought together in the Burghs set up in lowland Scotland?

Answer 5

Old and new nobility, peasants, traders and crafts-folk.

Speakers of:
Local Anglian (OE) dialects
Anglo-Scandinavian
Gaelic
French and Anglo-Norman
Dutch, Flemish, and Low German (merchants)

This was a linguistic melting pot and eventually formed Inglis, which later became known as SCOTS!

Question 6

Why did Scots begin to lose its status in the 16th century?

Answer 6

Writers began to use English more because:

The reformation (Scots seen as language of Catholics)
The spread of print
Closer political ties with England

Question 7

How important was the Union of the Crowns (1603) for the faltering status of Scots?

Answer 7

Very - after this, English was the definitive language of the elite society - royalty.

The treaty of the Union (1707) was really the nail in the coffin for Scots as a national language.