It was in this period that the Scots language became the dominant language of the state and the social elite, while also becoming linked with Scottish national identity and making inroads into the highland zone at the expense of Gaelic.
U periodu kasnog srednjeg vijeka je scots jezik postao dominantan jezik države i socijalne elite, također postajući povezan s nacionalnim identitetom Škota, i prodirući u zonu škotskog visočja na račun gaelskog jezika.