Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Língua ânglica escocesa" in Portuguese language version.
Scots developed out of a mixture of Scandinavianised Northern English during the early Middle English period
Scots originated as one form of Northern Old English and quickly developed into a language in its own right up to the seventeenth century
Whereas Modern Standard English is traced back to an East Midland dialect of Middle English, Modern Scots developed from a northern variety which goes back to Old Northumbrian
