Common Terms (Reference)

Many different cultures have contributed to the make up of modern day Scotland and each has left its influence, nowhere more so than in language.

The first time visitor to Scotland can easily be baffled by the vernacular and there are a wide range of accents and dialects to contend with. Below is a fairly random selection of words you may come across, particularly in relation to place names.

Gaelic is the traditional language of the Highlands, Scots of the Lowlands, Norse of the Vikings and Brythonic of the indigenous Celtic peoples.