Norn
E97878
Norn was an extinct North Germanic language once spoken in the Northern Isles of Scotland, particularly Orkney and Shetland.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Germanic language
ⓘ
West Scandinavian language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Norse culture in the Northern Isles ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Faroese
ⓘ
Icelandic ⓘ Norwegian dialects ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Old East Norse
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| documentedIn |
Lord’s Prayer versions
ⓘ
ballads and songs ⓘ legal and place-name records ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| extinction | 18th century ⓘ |
| glottocode | norn1249 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Norn language
ⓘ
Norn language ⓘ
surface form:
Nornish
|
| hasDialect |
Caithness Norn
ⓘ
Orkney Norn ⓘ Shetland Norn ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFrom |
toponymy of Orkney
ⓘ
toponymy of Shetland ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
retention of three grammatical genders
ⓘ
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ vowel system similar to West Scandinavian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Scots
ⓘ
surface form:
Orkney Scots
Scots ⓘ
surface form:
Shetland Scots
|
| ISO639-3Code | nrn ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
North Germanic languages ⓘ |
| lastKnownSpeakers | 19th century semi-speakers ⓘ |
| leftLoanwordsIn |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish English ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Norse settlement in Orkney and Shetland ⓘ |
| partOf | Insular Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region | Northern Isles of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish English ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Shetland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | West Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.