A thread about representation of the Scots language and public libraries. According to the 2022 Scottish census a total of 1,527,590 people (28.8% of the population) ticked the box to indicate that they could read Scots. 1/

The number of people who reported they could read Scots is slightly higher than the number of people who can speak Scots. Its a written language that three out of every ten people in Scotland are comfortable reading. 2/