Editing Scots language (section)

===Government===
In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011#2011 Census for Scotland|2011 Scottish census]], a question on Scots language ability was featured.<ref name=ScotsLangPolicy/> In the 2022 census conducted by the [[Scottish Government]], a question in relation to the Scots language was also featured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish government website |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/ulcfhmoq/scotlands-census-2022-individual-questionnaire.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707161600/https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/ulcfhmoq/scotlands-census-2022-individual-questionnaire.pdf |archive-date=Jul 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Planning the 2022 census {{pipe}} Scotland's Census|url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/plans-scotland%E2%80%99s-census-2021|url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826030242/https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/plans-scotland%E2%80%99s-census-2021|archive-date=26 August 2020|access-date=7 January 2022|website=Scotland's Census}}</ref> It was found that 1,508,540 people reported that they could speak Scots, with 2,444,659 reporting that they could speak, read, write or understand Scots,<ref name="Policy action 2 of 5 Scots">{{cite web|website=[[Scottish Government]]|url=https://www.gov.scot/policies/languages/scots|title=Scots - Languages }}</ref> approximately 45% of Scotland's 2022 population. The [[Scottish Government]] set its first Scots Language Policy in 2015, in which it pledged to support its preservation and encourage respect, recognition and use of Scots.<ref name=ScotsLangPolicy/> The Scottish Parliament website also offers some information on the language in Scots.<ref name="test">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/help/79056.aspx|title=Scots - Help |publisher=[[Scottish Parliament]]|access-date=18 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109171441/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/help/79056.aspx |archive-date= Nov 9, 2015 }}</ref>

In September 2024, experts of the [[Council of Europe]] called on the [[UK Government]] to "boost support for regional and minority languages", including the Scots Language.<ref>{{cite news|website=Scottish Legal News|url=https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/council-of-europe-experts-call-on-uk-to-boost-support-for-regional-and-minority-languages |date= 20 Sep 2024 |title=Council of Europe experts call on UK to boost support for regional and minority languages}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/uk-urged-to-promote-speaking-of-irish-and-ulster-scots-in-northern-ireland |first1=Lisa |last1=O'Carroll |date=Sep 18, 2024 |title=UK urged to promote speaking of Irish and Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24594585.scots-gaelic-teaching-must-strengthened-says-report |first1=Gabriel |last1=McKay |date=18 September 2024 |title=Scots and Gaelic teaching must be strengthened says report}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=[[The Scotsman]]|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scots-speakers-gaelic-hate-speech-threats-european-report-4788448 |date=19 Sep 2024 |first1=Jane |last1=Bradley |title=Scots speakers experience 'threats and hate speech' amid calls to 'depoliticise' Gaelic}}</ref>