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Norn is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Germanic languages. Together with Faroese , Icelandic and Norwegian , it belongs to the West Scandinavian group, separating it from the East Scandinavian and Gutnish groups consisting of Swedish , Danish and Gutnish .
Norn is an extinct language derived from the North Germanic language family that died out in the late 19th or early 20th century. It was primarily spoken in the Northern Isles, or Orkney (Orkneyjar) and Shetland (Hjaltland), and Caithness on the northern tip of Scotland.
As John J. Graham writes in his preface to the 2nd edition, his "Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland" is the unrivaled source-book of information on the origins and usage of the Shetland tongue. Based on Jakobsen's fieldwork in Shetland during 1893–95, it first appeared in Danish in four volumes between 1908 and 1921, and was ...
Norn is an extinct North Germanic, West Scandinavian, language that was spoken in Shetland and Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland, and in Caithness. Norn evolved from the Old Norse that was widely spoken in the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland and the west coast of the mainland during the Viking occupation from the 8th to the 13th ...
It is derived from the Scots dialects brought to Shetland from the end of the fifteenth century by Lowland Scots, mainly from Fife and Lothian, [6] with a degree of Norse influence [7] [8] [9] from the Norn language, which is an extinct North Germanic language spoken on the islands until the late 18th century. [10]
Pages in category "Norn language" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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