| Orcadian | |
|---|---|
| Orkney Scots | |
| Native to | Scotland |
| Region | Orkney Islands |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | orkn1236 |
| IETF | sco-u-sd-gbork |
| Scots language |
|---|
| History |
| Dialects |
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]
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, 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]
See also
- Bungi dialect – Moribund English dialect of Manitoba, Canada
- Shetland dialect – Dialect of Scots
References
- ↑ Grant, Jeff. "The Orcadian Dialect" (PDF). Core. Hastings, New Zealand: 111 – via core.ac.uk.
- ↑ "Bungee: A language unique to Canada". Language Portal of Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ Bakker, Peter; Papen, Robert A. (1996). "125. Languages of the Metis". In Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrell T. (eds.). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 1177–78. ISBN 9783110134179. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ Bakker, Peter; Papen, Robert A. "Michif and other languages of the Canadian Métis". Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture. Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ Blain, Eleanor M. (1989). The Bungee Dialect of the Red River Settlement (MA). Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. p. 14.
- ↑ "Bungee: A language unique to Canada". Language Portal of Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ Blain, Eleanor M. (14 December 2013) [16 June 2008]. "Bungi". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ "Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles — 9781529066609". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 10 October 2021.