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Links

Norn links

http://shetlandnorn.webs.com/index.htm - the first website about Norn ever, with focus on Shetland/Foula Norn and the Ballad of Hildina, includes audio recordings of Norn songs
http://norn-english.webs.com/index.htm - another website about Norn and Nynorn, containing wordlists and simple texts, including Bible verses, in various versions of Nynorn
http://www.foulaheritage.org.uk/Foula... - About Norn in Foula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norn_language -
Norn in Wikipedia
http://shetlopedia.com/Norn
- Norn in Shetlopedia
http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/norn.htm -
About Norn on Orkneyjar.com

Insular Scots

http://www.wirhoose.co.uk/ - a good online resource on Shaetlan (Shetland Scots) by J.M.Tait, overview of its phonetics, orthography and grammar, vocabulary and textes (incl. the Gospel of Mark).
http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/1243 -
Orcadian dialect
http://www.caithness.org/caithness/dialect/ -
Caithness dialect - English automatic translator
http://sh.shetlanddictionary.com/index.php... -
Shetlandic dictionary on Shetlopaedia
https://www.orcadian.co.uk/acatalog/Orcadian... -
Books on the Orcadian dialect at the Orcadian.com bookshop
http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/ -
Books on the Shetlandic dialect at the Shetland Times bookshop

General Shetland and Orkney links

http://shetlopedia.com - An extensive online encyclopaedia about anything to do with Shetland
http://orkneyjar.com -
A very good resource about the history of Orkney and its viking heritage
http://www.caithness.org/ -
Anything Caithness
http://www.uphellyaa.org/ -
Up Helly Aa - a major viking festival in Shetland, held in mid-January
http://www.foulaheritage.org.uk/ -
A website about Foula and its past
http://www.shetlink.com
- Shetland's biggest online community
http://orkneyforum.proboards.com/
- Orkney's premier webforum
http://forum.caithness.org/ - Caithness.org forums

Visual stuff

http://www.patrickdieudonne.com - Wonderful photo sets by Patrick Dieudonné, taken in Orkney and Shetland (as well as in other exotic northern locations, such as Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland)
http://www.visitorkney.com/webcams.asp -
Webcams from Orkney
http://www.buyorkney.com/interactive/webcams/ -
More webcams from Orkney
http://www.visitshetland.com/webcams -
Webcams from Shetland

Other interesting links

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers... - Teach yourself Old Norse
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto... -
Icelandic-English dictionary, composed in the 19th century, a good reference for Old Norse and the medieval Icelandic
http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/ -
Germanic Lexicon Project, comprehensive online coverage of the lexicons of the early Germanic languages
http://www.fairisle.org.uk/ -
The homepage of Fair Isle
http://www.faroe-shetland.org -
The Faroe Shetland Friendship Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Orkney_Islands -
South Orkney (Antarctica)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands -
South Shetland (Antarctica)
http://www.islandgames.net/ -
International Island games

 

 
 

  Latest updates:

  - 'Nynorn texts' updated
  - 'Shetland Nynorn tutorial' updated (lessons 10-12 added)
  - 'Shetland Nynorn tutorial' updated (lessons 6-9 added)
  - Forum opened
  - 'Nynorn texts' updated
  - 'Caithness Norn' uploaded
  - 'Orkney Grammar' and 'Orkney's Lord Prayer' uploaded
  - 'Orkney' and 'Shetland dialects' uploaded
  - 'Terminology' uploaded
  - 'Language of Hildina' uploaded
  - 'The Ballad of Hildina' uploaded
  - 'Phonetics of Shetland Norn' uploaded
  - 'Phonetics of Orkney Norn' uploaded
  - 'Grammar of Nynorn' uploaded
  - 'Texts quoted by Edmonston&Jakobsen' uploaded
  - 'Nynorn dialects' uploaded
  - 'Nynorn dictionary' uploaded
  - 'Introduction into Nynorn' and 'Simple texts' uploaded

 

 

     
 

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