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Fa says aat? Fowks dinnae spik "Grumpian" up in Aiberdeen, they spik'i Doric.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_dialect_%28Scotland%29

I rented a room for a few months, from an elderly couple in the countryside outside Aberdeen. It took a solid week before I could do more than nod politely at whatever the heck they were on about.

The article mentions not covering Doric or Scots since they are considered virtually second languages

Not 'virtually', Scots is a different language to English, and Doric is a dialect of Scots.

English and Scots are sibling languages, c.f. some of the geographically close Scandinavian languages.

If you want a quick guide to languages in Britain, the site has an additional article which the original links to:

https://starkeycomics.com/2019/03/01/every-native-british-an...

Thanks. I am Scottish originally and understand a lot of Scots. I guess I said 'virtually' since Gaelic is probably the only 'official' other language in Scotland but I agree Scots and Doric should be recognised as such.

I love it, have listen: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ZrJMVPQyxvg

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