Traditional Dialect of Orkney
This was the dialect of the Scottish Orkney Isles. Until 1472 they belonged to Norway and the local language was a dialect of Old Norwegian called Norn. By 1800 it had been replaced by the Scots dialect of the mainland.
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brother |
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mother |
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