The Norn language of Orkney and Shetland by Michael P. Barnes

The Norn language of Orkney and Shetland

Michael P. Barnes

58 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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For some 950 years a Scandinavian language was spoken in Orkney and Shetland. It was introduced into the islands by Viking settlers and became the dominant form of speech there. Norroena, or Norn as it was later called, remained the chief medium o...

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