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Originally Posted by ila
I can't see that Frisian is close to Scots. Frisian is a Germanic language and Scots belongs to the Celtic family.
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Originally Posted by Tread
I?m ungifted in speeches, for me, a middle strong dialect sounds like a different language, so I can only say what people told me or ask the internet. I even can?t remember if I ever heard someone speaking (Lowland) Scots.
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When I referred to Scottish I actually meant Gaelic which is not accurate since lowland Scots is descended from Old English. Gaelic is part of the Celtic languages, but is not called Scottish. Rather it is often referred to as Scottish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, and Highland Gaelic. Reference is here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic