Orcadian
AltnameOrkney Scots
NativenameScots
StatesUnited Kingdom
RegionOrkney
EthnicityScottish people
FamilycolorIndo-European
Fam 2Germanic
Fam 3West Germanic
Fam 4North Sea Germanic
Fam 5Anglo-Frisian
Fam 6Anglic
Fam 7Scots
Fam 8Insular Scots
AncestorProto-Indo-European
Ancestor 2Proto-Germanic
Ancestor 3Proto-West Germanic
Ancestor 4Proto-English
Ancestor 5Northumbrian Old English
Ancestor 6Early Scots
Ancestor 7Middle Scots
Ancestor 8Modern Scots
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Orcadian dialect or Orcadian Scots is a dialect of Insular Scots spoken by Orcadians, 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]

References

  1. ^ Grant, Jeff. "The Orcadian Dialect". Core. – via core.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Bungee: A language unique to Canada". Language Portal of Canada. Government of Canada. Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ Bakker, Peter & Papen, Robert A. (1996). "125. Languages of the Metis". 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Blain, Eleanor M. (1989). The Bungee Dialect of the Red River Settlement (MA). Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. p. 14. hdl:1993/3572
  6. ^ "Bungee: A language unique to Canada". Language Portal of Canada. Government of Canada. Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. ^ Blain, Eleanor M. (14 December 2013 [16 June 2008]). "Bungi". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles — 9781529066609". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 10 October 2021.