Scotland

Listen to people from Scotland, United Kingdom, speak English in their native accent. Please select a sample from the list below. (And for greater perspective on the dialects, accents, and languages of Scotland, we recommend this podcast with IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier and IDEA Associate Editor Ros Steen.)

Scotland 1  female, 21, 1978, Scottish (exact ethnicity N/A), Dundee
Scotland 2  male, late 40s, early 1950s, Scottish, Orkney Islands
Scotland 3  female, 20, 1980, Caucasian, Ayrshire & Kilbirnie (near Glasgow)
Scotland 4  female, 20ish, 1980, Caucasian, Fife
Scotland 5  female, 1982, Caucasian, South Queensferry (near Edinburgh)
Scotland 6  female, 20s, 1970s, Caucasian, Edinburgh (Duddingston)
Scotland 7  female, 21, 1979, Caucasian, Wick (far northern Scotland)
Scotland 8  male, 21, 1979, Caucasian, Elgin
Scotland 9  male, 33, 1967, Caucasian, Johnstone (near Glasgow)
Scotland 10  female, 23, 1979, Caucasian, Glasgow
Scotland 11  male, 22, 1980, Caucasian, Stewarton (East Ayrshire)
Scotland 12  male, 22, 1980, Caucasian, New Galloway & Edinburgh
Scotland 13  male, 22, 1980, Caucasian, Isle of Skye & Edinburgh
Scotland 14  male, 21, 1983, Caucasian, Torry (Aberdeen)
Scotland 15  female, 52, 1955, Caucasian, Glasgow & surrounding towns
Scotland 16  female, 24, 1983, Caucasian, Edinburgh (& England)
Scotland 17  male, 20, 1988, Caucasian, Kirkintilloch & Bishopbriggs
Scotland 18  male, 20, 1989, Caucasian, Lennoxtown (near Glasgow)
Scotland 19  female, 50, 1959, Caucasian, Shetland Islands (& Australia)
Scotland 20  male, 35, 1974, Caucasian (Celts Scots/Irish), Dalry & Ireland
Scotland 21  female, 22, 1988, Caucasian, Stirling (north of Glasgow)
Scotland 22  female, 80, 1934, Caucasian/Scottish, Tiree and Glasgow
Scotland 23  female, 19, 1996, Scottish (exact ethnicity N/A), Edinburgh
Scotland 24  male, 30, 1986, Caucasian/Scottish, Edinburgh
Scotland 25  female, 21, 1996, Caucasian/Scottish, Edinburgh
Scotland 26  male, 22, 1995, Caucasian/Scottish/English, Perth
Scotland 27  male, 30, 1988, Caucasian/Scottish, Airdrie (near Glasgow)
Scotland 28  female, 68, 1956, Caucasian/Scottish, Bathgate and Scottish Borders

For more information on Scotland, visit Wikipedia. And for greater perspective on the dialects, accents, and languages of Scotland, we recommend this podcast with IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier and IDEA Associate Editor Ros Steen.