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Norn leid

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Norn
norn
Native taeScotland
RegionNorthern Isles an Caithness
Extinct1850, wi the daith o Walter Sutherland
Early forms
Leid codes
ISO 639-3nrn
nrn
Glottologoldn1246[5]
Linguasphere52-AAA-ac
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Norn wis a leid thit wis spak in Orkney, Shetland, an Caithness.[6] It wis a North Germanic leid descendit fae Auld Norse an wis sib tae the Norse, Dens, an Swadish leids. Efter the 15t century Scotland teuk ower the isles as pairt o a tocher bi king Christian I o Denmark for his dochter Margaret that marriet King James III. Syne that time, the leid wis replaced bi Scots. Acause o this, the byleids o Scots spak in thir isles (cried "Insular Scots" awthegither) haes muckle Norse influences.

Referances

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  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (24 Mey 2022). "Older Runic". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived frae the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. "Shetland". Scotslanguage.com. Archived frae the original on 4 Julie 2017. Retrieved 24 Juin 2017.
  3. "Orkney". Scotslanguage.com. Archived frae the original on 22 Februar 2019. Retrieved 24 Juin 2017.
  4. "Insular". Scotslanguage.com. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2017. Retrieved 24 Juin 2017.
  5. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Auld Norn". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  6. "Norn language and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 5 Mey 2023.