Scots language and Standard English?

[forgetyourrestraints_x]

Some consider it a dialect of Standard English, some consider it a related, but different language. Firstly, do you feel it's a different language? Secondly, are there any languages that are considered entirely separate, yet the difference is about that between Standard English and Scots?
Well, it's hard to say whether it's a dialect or a language. When you read "written" Scots, although you can mostly get the gist of what it means with some difficulty, it's by no means as easy as reading Standard English, a lot of the words are different, and even some of the grammatical points are different.

To someone not used to hearing it, Scots spoken fast in a broad accent is virtually impossible to understand.

[Erik Van Thienen]

Depends if you speak about Scottish Gaelic (clearly a separate language), or Scots language AKA Lowland Scots AKA Lallans (which status is contested among experts) or Scottish English (which is more a variant of Standard English).

[Akele]

If they're speaking "english" then it's a dialect. But if they're some of the few people that still speak Scottish Gaelic, it's another language.

[Svartalf]

I'll assume you mean Braid Scots, the language in which Robert Burns wrote.

It's definitely a dialect of English. Although it has drastically specific vocabulary, pronunciation and mannerisms, it's still English in origin and largely intercomprehensible with English, plus, its grammar is the same, except that it may be somewhat more archaic... Basically, Scots is less different from general English than Quebec French is from French French, and they still refuse to admit it has evolved into a separate language of its own.