Shetlandic
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Shetlandic is a dialect of Insular Scots, itself a dialect of the Scots language. It is derived from Lowland Scots with a degree of influence from the Norn language, which is an extinct North Germanic language. Shetlandic is spoken in the Shetland Islands, north of mainland Scotland.
The other Insular Scots dialect is Orcadian, which shares some features with Shetlandic.
Like Doric in North East Scotland, Shetlandic retains a high degree of autonomy due to geography and isolation from southern dialects. Because of a large amount of unique vocabulary, and a degree of Shetland patriotism, it is sometimes treated as a separate language by its speakers.
[edit] Distinctive features
Shetlandic retains a lot of features which have disappeared from Southern Lowland Scots and English, such as the retention of "du" (thou).
Another notable feature is the replacement of Þ with "d", in words such as "da" (the).
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