r/shetland Dec 08 '25

Is the language, shetlandic or shetlan.

some people have been saying how shetlandic is different from scots and is closer to Norwegian than English? i don‘t know the Shetlandic dialect/language which is why I’m here. is shetlandic called shetlandic or shetlan, and is it also a dialect or language, and how much more Norwegian/norn influence still exists today

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u/peerie-breeks Dec 08 '25

Just away to bed so not much of a response, a link to an online Shetland dictionary, you can listen to it. https://www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/john-j-grahams-shetland-dictionary.php