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GUIDE sheets and children’s quizzes are now available in local dialect at the historic Jarlshof settlement thanks to a new partnership with I Hear Dee. Staff at Jarlshof operator Historic Environment Scotland (HES) worked with the language group to translate the visitor...

Shetland Language Plan aims to make 'Shaetlan' recognised as a language in its own right that people can learn

A “GROUNDBREAKING” language plan in Shetland should pave the way for Scots to “gain the foothold it deserves”, a linguistics expert has said.

IN THE latest instalment of the I Hear Dee project’s History in a Wird series, we feature the origins of the Shetland word truss, meaning “(useless) odds and ends; scraps; scrapings; rubbish”. Run by linguists Dr Viveka Velupillai and native Shaetlan speakers Roy Mullay,...

ORGANISERS of a protest march campaigning for a ban of gillnetting for boats over 15 metres in length are hoping for a good turnout on Saturday (1 October). It is the second such protest after a group of around 20 local people gathered at Lerwick Market Cross in August. Local...

A VARIANT of Scots has been put at the “global forefront” of the push to preserve endangered languages.

Project aims to reflect local language as it is spoken today in different parts of Shetland

THIS photo shows four seals touching down at Sumburgh Airport earlier today (Tuesday) following a flight from the mainland as they prepare to be cared for at the Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary. The seal pups have been taken north following an issue with water supply at an SSPCA...

IN THE next instalment of the I Hear Dee project’s History in a Wird series, we feature the origins of the Shetland word for otter. The word dratsi is an extremely rare example of a former fishermen’s taboo work entering regular vocabulary. Run by linguists Dr Viveka...

INTERNATIONAL praise has poured in for the world’s first bilingual primer of the grammar of the Shaetlan language.