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Using the criteria on Ausbau languages developed by the German linguist Heinz Kloss, Ulster Scots could qualify only as a Spielart or ' national dialect ' of Scots ( cf.
British and American English ), since it does not have the Mindestabstand, or ' minimum divergence ' necessary to achieve language status through standardisation and codification.
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