Shaetlan leid

Shetland,The øse o Shetlandic fir da leid occurs in, fir example, James John Haldane Burgess (1892) Rasmie's Büddie: poems idda Shætlandic, Alexander Gardner; James Inkster (1922) Mansie's Röd: Sketches in the Shetlandic; T. & J. Manson; Jack Renwick (1963) Rainbow Bridge. (A collection o poems in English & Shetlandic.), Shetland Times; Jack Renwick, Liam O'Neill, Hayddir Johnson (2007) The harp o twilight: an anthology o poems in English an Shetlandic, Unst Writers Group. fir ordinar caaed (auld or braid) Shaetland bi native spækers, hit’s a North Germanic leid fae Auld Norse,

is spakken idda Shetland Islands be-nort mainland Scotland an wis, læk Orcadian, ee dialect o Insular Scots. Hit comes fæ da Scots dialects brocht til Shetland fæ da end o da fifteent century bi Lawland Scots, mainly fæ Fife an Lothian,Catford J.C. (1957) Vowel-Systems of Scots Dialects,Transactions of the Philological Society. p.115 wi a peerie grain o Scandinavian influence fæ the Norn leid dat wis spakken on da islands till da late 18t century.Price, Glanville (1984) The Languages of Britain. London: Edward Arnold. p. 203 ISBN 978-0713164527

As ee result, Shætlandic hæs a wheen wirds fæ da Norn leed. Maist o daim, if day ir no plæss-næms, refers ta da seasons, da waddir, plants, beasts, plæsses, maet, materials, tøls, colours (especially o sheep or horse), møds an whims or 'unbalanced states o mind'.Barnes, Michael (1984) Orkney and Shetland Norn. Language in the British Isles. Ed. Peter Trudgill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29

Læk Mid Nortren Scots (Doric) in Nort Æst Scotland, Shætlandic hæs ee hie degree o autonomy wi its geography an isolation fæ sootren dialects. Bekkis o a lairge amoont o unique wirds, an a degree o Shætland patriotism, hit's whiles treatit as a sindry leed bi its spækers.

Shaetlan wis recognised as a leid an gien the ISO code .scz in October 2025.

 Phonologie 
"Shetland dialect speakers generally haes a kin o slaw delivery, pitched law an wi a somewhit level intonation".Graham, John J. 1993. The Shetland Dictionary 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1979, 2nd ed. 1984). Lerwick: The Shetland Times. xxii

 Consonants 
Consonants is maistly pronunced the same as in ither Modren Scots varieties. Exceptions is:

 The dental fricatives  an  micht be sayed as alveolar plosives  and  respectively,SND Introduction - Phonetic Description of Scottish Language and Dialects. p.xl for example  an  insteid o , or debuccalized  an , (thing) an  mither (mither) as in Central Scots.
 The qu in quick, queen an queer micht be sayed  insteid o 
 Initial  ch micht be sayed 
 The initial cluster wr micht be sayed  or .

 Vouels 
The unnerlyin vouel phonemes o Shetland Scots based on McColl Millar (2007) an Johnston P. (1997). The actual allophones micht differ frae place tae place.
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 Vowel 11 occurs stem final.
 Vowel 3 is aften retracted or diphthongised or mey sometimes be realised .McColl Millar. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh: University Press Ltd. p.33
 Vowel 7 micht be pronunced  afore  an  afore  an .McColl Millar. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh: University Press Ltd. p.48
 Vowel 8 is aften merged wi vowel 4,McColl Millar. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh: University Press Ltd. p.37 aften sayed   or  afore .Johnston P. Regional Variation in Jones C. (1997) The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language, Edinburgh p.485 The realisation in the cluster ane micht be  like in Mid Northren Scots.McColl Millar. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh: University Press Ltd. p.35
 Vowel 15 micht be pronunced Johnston P. Regional Variation in Jones C. (1997) The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language, Edinburgh p.469 or diphthongist tae  afore .McColl Millar. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh: University Press Ltd. p.45
 Vowel 16 micht be sayed McColl Millar. 2007. Northren and Insular Scots. Edinburgh: University Press Ltd. p.39 or .
 Vowel 17 aften merges wi vouel 12 afore  an .

Vouel lenth is bi an lairge determined bi the Scots Vouel Lenth Rule, tho the ar a puckle exceptions.Melchers, Gunnel (1991) Norn-Scots: a complicated language contact situation in Shetland. Language Contact in the British Isles: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Language Contact in Europe, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1988. Ed. P. Sture Ureland and George Broderick. Linguistische Arbeiten 238. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer. p.468

 Orthographie 
Tae some extent a lot o spellins haes been uised for tae represent the varied pronunciation o the Shetland varieties.Graham, J.J. (1993) The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. xxiv Forby, the uiss o the apologetic apostrophe for tae shaw 'missin' English letters haes been joukit.Graham, J.J. (1993) The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. xxiv-xxv On the hale the lieterar conventions o Modern Scots is applyed, if no consistent-like, the main differs bein:

 The  an  realisation o wha is for ordinar  an  in ither forms o Scots is aften written d an t insteid o th.
 The  realisation o the qu in quick, queen an queer is aften written wh.
 The  realisation o initial ch, for ordinar  in ither Scots dialects, is aften written sh.
 The letters j an k insteid o y an c, influenced bi Norse spellin, the first ane aften uised for the semivouel , especially for the palatalised consonants in wirds like, Yuil written Jøl, guid (guid) written gjöd or gjüd, caibin written kjaebin, kist written kjist etc.
 Leeterar Scots au an aw (vouel 12 an whiles vouel 17) is aften representit bi aa in written Shetlandic.
 Leeterar Scots ui an eu (vouel 7) is aften representit by ü, ö, or ø influenced bi Norse spellin.

 Grammar 
The grammatical structur o Shætlandic tends tæ follæ dat o Modern Scots, wi a grain o Norse (Norn) influence an featurs skared wi Standirt Inglish.Graham, J.J. (1993) The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. xix)Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. vii

 Airticles 
The definite airticle the is pronunced  affen written da in dialect write. Læk Lalland Scots, Shætlandic pits a airticle whaar Standirt Inglish widna:Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 1Grant, William; Dixon, James Main (1921) Manual of Modern Scots. Cambridge, University Press. p. 78

 gjaan til da kirk/da scole idda Simmer-- 'gaun tae the kirk/schuil in the simmer'
 da denner is ready – 'the denner is ready'
 hæ da caald – 'hae the cauld'

 Noons 
Noons in Shætland hæs grammatical gender aside natural gender.Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 2 Some noons that's considert neuter in Inglish is masculine or feminine, læk spade (m), sun (m), mön/møn (f), kirk (f).

Da plural o noons is for ordinar formt bi eekin -s. Dere's a puckle unregular plurals, læk kye, 'cous' or een.Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 3Grant, William; Dixon, James Main (1921) Manual of Modern Scots. Cambridge, University Press. p. 79

 Pronoons 
Shætland distinguishes atween personal pronoons øsed bi parents whan spækkin wi bairns, aald fowk spækkin wi yunger fowk, or atween friends or equals anaa and da anes øsed in formal situations an whan spækkin wi superiors.Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 4Grant, William; Dixon, James Main (1921) Manual of Modern Scots. Cambridge, University Press. p. 96-97 (See T–V distinction)

Da familiar forms is du (thoo) ; dine(s) or dy (thy) and dee ; contrastin wi da formal forms ye/you, your and you.

Da familiar du taks da singular form o da verb: Du is, du hes ('ye are, ye hae').

Læk da rest o Scots, da relative pronoon is that,Grant, William; Dixon, James Main (1921) Manual of Modern Scots. Cambridge, University Press. p. 102 pronunced  or , affen written dat or 'at in dialect write,Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 5 as in

 da dog at bet me... – 'the dug that bait me...'

 Verbs 
Læk maist Scots varieties, da past tense o waik verbs is formt bi aither eekin -ed, -it, or -t,Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 9Grant, William; Dixon, James Main (1921) Manual of Modern Scots. Cambridge, University Press. p. 113 as in spoot, spootit (muve quick).

Da auxiliary verb ta be 'tae be', is øsed whaar Scots wid øse 'tae hae':Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 11

 I'm written for "I'v written".

Ta hæ is øsed as a auxiliary wi da modal verbs cud, hed ('had'), micht, most ('maun'), sood ('shoud'), an wid ('wad') an syne reduced tae , affen written a in dialect write: Du sood a taald me 'ye sud'a telt me'.

Læk idder Scots dialects, auxiliary an monosyllabic verbs can be made negative bi eekinn -na:Robertson, T.A. & Graham, J.J. (1991) Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect, Lerwick, The Shetland Times Ltd. p. 10Grant, William; Dixon, James Main (1921) Manual of Modern Scots. Cambridge, University Press. p. 115 widna. Idderwise, da Scots negative no.

 Example 
Ensaumple o the Lord's Prayer in Shetland Norn:

Shetland Norn

 Fy vor or er i Chimeri.
 Halaght vara nam dit.
 La Konungdum din cumma.
 La vill din vera guerde
 i vrildin sin da er i chimeri.
 Gav vus dagh u dagloght brau. Forgive sindorwara sin vi forgiva gem ao sinda gainst wus. Lia wus ikè o vera tempa, but delivra wus fro adlu idlu. For do i ir Kongungdum, u puri, u glori, AmenOwersettin tae modren Norse (nynorsk)

 Far vår som er i himmelen! Heilagt skal namnet ditt vera. Lat kongedømet ditt koma. Lat viljen din verta gjort på jorda som i himmelen. Gjev oss i dag vårt daglege brød. Forlat syndene våre, som vi òg forlèt dei som har synda mot oss. Lei oss ikkje ut i freisting, men frels oss frå alt ille. For kongedømet er ditt, og makta og æra i all æve. Amen.Owersettin tae modren Norse (bokmål)

 Fader vår, du som er i himmelen! La ditt navn være hellig. La ditt rike komme. La din vilje skje på jorden som i himmelen. Gi oss i dag vårt daglige brød. Forlat oss våre synder, som vi óg forlater våre syndere. Led oss ikke inn i fristelse, men frels oss fra det onde. For riket er ditt, og makten og æren i evighet. Amen.Auld Norse version

 Faþer vár es ert í himenríki, verði nafn þitt hæilagt Til kome ríke þitt, værði vili þin sva an iarðu sem í himnum. Gef oss í dag brauð vort dagligt Ok fyr gefþu oss synþer órar, sem vér fyr gefom þeim er viþ oss hafa misgert Leiðd oss eigi í freistni, heldr leys þv oss frá öllu illu.W L Lorimer's Scots version (no a leeteral owerset)
 Our Faither in heiven, Be hallowt thy name, Thy Kíngdom come, Thy will be dune, On the yird, as in heiven. Gíe us our breid for this incomin day; Forgíe us the wrangs we hae wrocht, As we hae forgíen the wrangs we hae dree’d; An sey-us-na sairlie, But sauf us frae the Ill Ane: For the Kíngdom, the pouer an the glorie ar thine For ivver an aye. Amen.''

References

 Freemit airtins 
Introduction to modern Scots: Insular Scots 
Wirhouse zip file
Shetland for Wirds - Promoting Shetland Dialect
Shetland for Wirds - Online Dictionary
McColl Millar's internet extension to 'Northern and Insular Scots' 2007, with recordings of regional dialect variants of the Shetland Islands
Wikitongues: Christine speaking Shetlandic

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