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The History and Decline of Norn Language

The document provides background information on Norn, the historical language spoken in Shetland, Orkney, and parts of Scotland until the 18th-19th centuries. Norn descended from Old Norse and was brought by Scandinavian settlers starting around 800 AD. While Old Norse was still used in official documents into the 14th century, Norn developed as a distinct spoken language. As Scottish influence grew from the 14th century onward, Scots English eventually replaced Norn first in official contexts and later as a daily spoken language by the 18th-19th centuries, hastened by the establishment of Scots schools. Norn persisted in remote islands longer but died out completely by the late 18th-early 19th

The History and Decline of Norn Language

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The document provides background information on Norn, the historical language spoken in Shetland, Orkney, and parts of Scotland until the 18th-19th centuries. Norn descended from Old Norse a…

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