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{{Infobox Dialect
|name=Ulster Scots
|nativename=''{{lang|sco-ulster|Ulstèr-Scotch}}''<br/>''{{lang|sco-ulster|Ullans}}''<br/>(''{{lang|sco-ulster|Braid}}'')<br/>''{{lang|sco-ulster|Scots}}'',<ref name="Traynor, 36" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/heritage-towns/the-heritage-towns-of-don/raphoe/ulster-scots-the-Dialect/ |title=Ulster-Scots – the Dialect of the Laggan |publisher=Askaboutireland.ie |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505213112/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/heritage-towns/the-heritage-towns-of-don/raphoe/ulster-scots-the-Dialect/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''<br/>[[Scotch (adjective)|Scotch]]''<ref name="Traynor, 244"/><ref>Nic Craith M. (2002) ''Plural Identities—singular Narratives'', Berghahn Books. p. 107</ref>
|ethnicity= [[Ulster Scots people|Ulster Scots]]▼
|states= [[Ireland]]
|region= [[Ulster]]
|speakers=?
|familycolor=Indo-European
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|ancestor=[[Proto-Indo-European]]
|ancestor2=[[Proto-Germanic]]
|ancestor3=[[Proto-
|ancestor4=[[
|ancestor5=[[Northumbrian Old English]]
|ancestor6=[[Early Middle English]]
|ancestor7=[[Early Scots]]
|ancestor8=[[Middle Scots]]
|ancestor9=[[Modern Scots]]
|minority= [[Northern Ireland]]
|agency=The cross-border ''[[Ulster-Scots Agency|Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch]]'', established as a result of the [[Belfast Agreement|Good Friday Agreement]]
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{{Scots language}}
'''Ulster Scots''' or '''Ulster-Scots''' (''{{lang|sco-ulster|Ulstèr-Scotch}}'', {{
Some definitions of Ulster Scots may also include [[Standard English]] spoken with an Ulster Scots accent.<ref>Gregg, R. J. (1964) "Scotch-Irish Urban Speech in Ulster: a Phonological Study of the Regional Standard English of Larne, County Antrim" in Adams, G. B. ''Ulster Dialects: an Introductory Symposium'', Cultura: Ulster Folk Museum</ref><ref name="Harris 1985 p14">Harris, J. (1985) ''Phonological Variation and Change: Studies in Hiberno English'', Cambridge. p. 14</ref> This is a situation like that of Lowland Scots and [[Scottish English|Scottish Standard English]]<ref name="Harris 1984 p119"/> with words pronounced using the Ulster Scots [[phoneme]]s closest to those of Standard English.<ref name="Harris 1984 p119">Harris (1984) "English in the north of Ireland" in P. Trudgill, ''Language in the British Isles'', Cambridge; p. 119</ref>
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The majority of linguists treat Ulster Scots as a [[variety (linguistics)|variety]] of the [[Scots language]]; Caroline Macafee, for example, writes that "Ulster Scots is [...] clearly a dialect of Central Scots."<ref name="C. Macafee 2001 p121"/> The [[Northern Ireland]] [[Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure]] considers Ulster Scots to be "the local variety of the Scots language."<ref name="dcalni.gov.uk" /> Some [[linguists]], such as Raymond Hickey,<ref>Raymond Hickey ''Irish English: History and Present Day Forms'', Cambridge University Press, 2007. pp. 85–120</ref> treat Ulster Scots (and other forms of Scots) as a [[dialect]] of [[English language|English]]. It has been said that its "status varies between dialect and language".<ref>Crowley, Tony (2006) "The Political Production of a Language". ''Journal of Linguistic Anthropology''; Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 23–35.</ref>
Enthusiasts such as Philip Robinson (author of ''Ulster-Scots: a Grammar of the Traditional Written and Spoken Language''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/03-grammerbook.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105225837/http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/03-grammerbook.asp|url-status=dead|title=ulsterscotsagency.com|archivedate=5 January 2009}}</ref>), the Ulster-Scots Language Society<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulsterscotslanguage.com/en/language/ |title=Language |publisher=Ulsterscotslanguage.com |access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> and supporters of an Ulster-Scots Academy<ref name="ulsterscotsacademy.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.org/ |title=結婚式の準備・役立つ知っておきたいこと【まとめ】 |publisher=Ulsterscotsacademy.org |access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> are of the opinion that Ulster Scots is a language in its own right. That position has been criticised by the [[Ulster-Scots Agency]], with a [[BBC]] report stating: "[The Agency] accused the academy of wrongly promoting Ulster-Scots as a language distinct from Scots."<ref>{{cite news|author=Conor Spackman |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7535681.stm |title=UK | Northern Ireland | Ulster-Scots academy 'misguided' |publisher=BBC News |date=31 July 2008 |access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> This position is reflected in many of the
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