| Orcadian | |
|---|---|
| Orkney Scots | |
| Scots | |
| Native to | United Kingdom |
| Region | Orkney |
| Ethnicity | Scottish people |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | orkn1236 |
| IETF | sco-u-sd-gbork |
| Scots language |
|---|
| History |
| Dialects |
Orcadian dialect orOrcadian Scots is adialect ofInsular Scots, itself a dialect of theScots language. It is derived from Lowland Scots, with a degree of Norwegian influence from theNorn language.[1]
Due to the influence of Orkneyfur traders working for theHudson's Bay Company in early Canada,[2] acreole language calledBungi developed, withsubstratal influence fromScottish English, Orcadian Scots,Norn,Scottish Gaelic,French,Cree, andSaulteauxOjibwe.[3][4][5] As of 2013,[update] Bungi is thought to have very few if any speakers and ispotentially extinct.[6][7]
In 2021, Orcadian poetHarry Josephine Giles released a science fictionverse novel,Deep Wheel Orcadia, in Orcadian Scots withparallel translation into standard English, described by their publisher as a "unique adventure in minority language poetry".[8]
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