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Scots dialects

Scots is the collective name for Scottish dialects known also as ‘Doric’, ‘Lallans’ and ‘Scotch’ or by more local names such as ‘Buchan’, ‘Dundonian’, ‘Glesca’ or ‘Shetland’.

There are four main dialect regions sub divided into 10 sub dialects;
Insular (Orkney & Shetland)
Northern (Caithness, North East, East Angus & Kincardine) , 
Central (East Central North, East Central South,West Central, & South Central) 
Southern (Southern aka Borders)