Extinct Germanic language spoken in the Northern Isles of Scotland
Norn
norn
Native to
Scotland
Region
Northern Isles and Caithness
Extinct
c.1850, with the death of Walter Sutherland
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
North Germanic
West Scandinavian
Insular Scandinavian
Norn
Early forms
Old Norse
Old West Norse
Writing system
Younger Futhark (original)
Old Norse alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
nrn
Linguist List
nrn
Glottolog
oldn1246
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ac
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Norn is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) off the north coast of mainland Scotland and in Caithness in the far north of the Scottish mainland. After Orkney and Shetland were pledged to Scotland by Norway in 1468–69, it was gradually replaced by Scots. Norn is thought to have become extinct around 1850, after the death of Walter Sutherland, the language's last known speaker, though there are claims the language persisted as late as the 20th century.[1]
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