Scottish language
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Scottish language may be:
- Scottish Gaelic language - the Q-Celtic language spoken in Scotland today, and the language of the late Iron-Age/medieval Scots. In the medieval context, this should be understood as referring to the languages we know as the Middle Irish language and the Old Irish language
- Scots language - deriving from northern Middle English, this is a West Germanic language spoken in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Donegal, Ireland.
- Scottish English - the group of dialects of the English language currently used in Scotland.