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Orcadian dialect or Orcadian Scots is a dialect of Insular Scots, itself a dialect of the Scots language. It is derived from Lowland Scots, with a degree of Norwegian influence from the Norn language.[1]
| Orcadian | |
|---|---|
| Orkney Scots | |
| Scots | |
| Native to | United Kingdom |
| Region | Scotland |
| Ethnicity | Scottish people |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | orkn1236 |
| IETF | sco-u-sd-gbork |
Due to the influence of Orkney fur traders working for the Hudson's Bay Company in early Canada,[2] a creole language called Bungi developed, with substratal influence from Scottish English, Orcadian Scots, Norn, Scottish Gaelic, French, Cree, and Saulteaux Ojibwe.[3][4][5] As of 2013,[update] Bungi is thought to have very few if any speakers and is potentially extinct.[6][7]
In 2021, Orcadian poet Harry Josephine Giles released a science fiction verse novel, Deep Wheel Orcadia, in Orcadian Scots with parallel translation into standard English, described by their publisher as a "unique adventure in minority language poetry".[8]
- Bungi dialect – Moribund English dialect of Manitoba, Canada
- Shetland dialect – Dialect of Scots
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