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- The Scottish people ( Scots: Scots Fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich, Old English: Scottas) or Scots are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged from an amalgamation of two Celtic -speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba) in the 9th century.Australia: 2,023,474 (2016)ᴅCanada: 4,799,005 (2016)ᴄNew Zealand: Estimated 1-2 million of Scottish descent, including 25,953 Scottish-bornSouth Africa: 11,160 (estimate): 10en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people
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The Scots (Scots: Scots Fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba) in the 9th century.
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See moreOriginally the Romans used Scotia to refer to Ireland. The Venerable Bede (c. 672 or 673 – 27 May, 735) uses the word Scottorum for the nation from Ireland who settled part of the Pictish lands: "Scottorum nationem in Pictorum
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See moreToday, Scotland has a population of just over five million people, the majority of whom consider themselves Scottish. In addition, there are many
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Historically, Scottish people have spoken many different languages and dialects. The Pictish language, Norse, Norman-French and Brythonic languages have been spoken by forebears of Scottish people. However, none of...
See moreHistory of ethnogeneses
In the Early Middle Ages, Scotland saw several ethnic or cultural groups mentioned in contemporary sources, namely the...
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It is said that the first people from the Low Countries to settle in Scotland came in the wake of...
See moreMany Scottish surnames have become anglicised over the centuries. This reflected the gradual spread of English, initially in the form of
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