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Meanings of Lallans in English

A dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland.

Term that was traditionally used to refer to the Scots language as a whole.

Usage of Lallans in English
1
It is a West Germanic language which is derived from, and has its closest linguistic parallels with, Lowland Scots or Lallans.
The Irish Times
2
It is a variant, wrote its secretary some time ago, a variant of the language spoken today in the Lowlands of Scotland, often called Lallans.
The Irish Times
3
Hech, then, I'm a'thegither a negative teacher, as they ca' it in the new lallans.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
Frequent collocations
Lallans through the time