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Scottish people
The
Scottish people
(
Scots
:
Scots Fowk
,
Scottish Gaelic
:
Albannaich
), or
Scots
, are a
nation
and socially defined
ethnic group
resident in
Scotland
. Historically, they emerged from an amalgamation of two groups—the
Picts
and
Gaels
—who founded the
Kingdom of Scotland
(or
Alba
) in the 9th century, and thought to have been
ethnolinguistically
Celts
. Later, the neighbouring
Cumbrian
Britons, who also spoke a
Celtic language
, as well as
Germanic-speaking
Anglo-Saxons
and
Norse
, were incorporated into the Scottish nation.
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