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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...