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Shetlandic language redirects here; not to be confused with Shetland Scots.Norn is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) off the north coast of mainland Scotland and in Caithness in the far north of the Scottish mainland. After Orkney and Shetland were pledged to Scotland by Norway in 1468/69 it was gradually replaced by Scots.

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ISO 639-3 code
nrn
family
Germanic languages, North Germanic languages
spoken in
Orkney, Shetland, Caithness

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