A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'indigenous'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
indigenousOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53822
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of indigenous in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
l as een o the three official indigenous leids o Scotland, as recognis
is een o the three historical indigenous leids o Scotland an should ha
2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
massacre, cairied oot bi the indigenous peoples. Roman historians scr
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
pairt the uphaudin o the UK's indigenous minority languages. Thae lang
ignores Scots, whit howp daes indigenous Scots speakers hiv o gettin j
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
fur discriminatory policy, so indigenous leids dinnae hae eeksie-peeks
This is the year of indigenous languages and I welcome that.
Scots is an indigenous leid. Mr MacDonald’s motion
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ernment starts ti support the indigenous langage.
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
t o me. They’re no a native indigenous species and gin we dinnae tak
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n the hainin o Scotland's twa indigenous languages, parteeclar wi rega
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
t shindig o the UNESCO year o indigenous languages, the status report
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ak siccar that ane o its main indigenous languages has the same legal
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
at stealin the laun an cowpin indigenous societies, the legacy o Empir on page 20
o the virr and smeddum o our indigenous tungs, despite the best effor on page 60
government diktat, baith Cor indigenous tungs were wheechit oot o edd on page 64
amental localism o sae muckle indigenous culure athin ae kintra as bei on page 67
n tae this pairt o Scotland's indigenous cultural tradeetions - but t on page 75
Also on pages 98
7 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yil find that it's indigenous on page 17

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he Picts theirsels, ane o the indigenous tribes, or confederations o t on page 14

1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
sage nor 2019, the UN Year of Indigenous Languages?
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
lic an learn 'ae hink like an indigenous person, I'll find the answer on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Gaelic, because these are oor indigenous tongues. Naebody else will ha on page 14

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
d linguistic heritage and its indigenous languages and dialects. This on page 3
as ane o the three historical indigenous languages o Scotland alang wi on page 4
is ane o the three historical indigenous languages o Scotland and shui on page 5

3 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
d linguistic heritage and its indigenous languages and dialects. This
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
r interest in ane o oor three indigenous languages o Scotland.
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
n tae protecke an promote oor indigenous leids. @scotgov maun set exam(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
word here Bill is of course 'indigenous'. Think A'm right in sayin th (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
m brulziement or ither wi the indigenous dwallers oot yonner. Major Du
egrate hirsel intil the local indigenous
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
(always) jaloosed (suspected) indigenous language and culture isn't al(2020)
sic bi @IYIL2019 and the EEC Indigenous Leids Chairter signed aff bi (2020)