Scots

Q: What alphabet or script does Scots use?

Scots is written using the Latin script (Latn).

Q: What direction is Scots written?

Scots is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European languages.

sco

Scots is a language . It is written using the Latin script. Its BCP 47 language code is sco.

Writing Systems Used for Scots

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Scots use?

Scots is written using the Latin script (ISO 15924 code: Latn). Latin is written left-to-right.

What direction is Scots written?

Scots is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.

What is the language code for Scots?

The BCP 47 language code for Scots is "sco". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code: sco
ISO 639-3: sco
Status: living
Scripts: 1
Primary Script: Latin

Other Latin Languages

Acehnese Acoli Adangme Afar Afrikaans Aghem Akan Akoose Alabama Albanian Aleut Anii Ao Naga Aragonese Araona Arapaho Arawak Aromanian Arpitan Asturian

Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.