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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.

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