Traditional Dialect of Shetland


This was the dialect of the Shetland Isles. Until 1472 they belonged to Norway and the local language was a dialect of Old Norwegian called Norn. By 1800 it had mostly been replaced by the Scots dialect of the mainland and the last speaker of Shetland Norn, Walter Sutherland, died about 1850.

1. bridderr    brother        1.           1.   
2.           2.           2.   
3. sunn    son        3.           3.   
4. dowchterr    daughter        4.           4.   
5. fedderr    father                  5.   
6. midderr    mother        1. Sunndeh    Sunday        6.   
          2.           7.   
1. sprreng    spring        3. Tye-zdy    Tuesday          
2. summerr    summer        4.           1.   


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