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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Sudrey Norse
|name=Sudrey Norse
|nativename={{lang|snon|sudraèsce}}
|nativename={{l|sdno|Agharsca}}
|pronunciation=sʊd.ˈre.sʲkʲə
|pronunciation=ˈə.ɣəɾ.skə, ˈə.jəɾ.ʃcə
|ethnicity=Norse Scots
|ethnicity=Sudrey Scots
|states=[[w:Suðreyjar|Suðreyjar]]
|states=[[w:Suðreyjar|Suðreyjar]]
|fam1=[[w:Indo-European|Indo-European]]
|fam1=[[w:Indo-European|Indo-European]]
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|created=April 3rd, 2026
|created=April 3rd, 2026
|setting=
|setting=
|dia1=Inner
|dia1=Eastern
|dia2=Outer
|dia2=Western
|dia3=Mannish
|dia3=[[Mannish Scots Norse|Mannish]]
|familycolor=Indo-European
|familycolor=Indo-European
|nation=Scotland
|nation=Scotland
|era=Evolved from Old Norse in the late 1200's, developed into Scots Norse by the mid 1800's
|era=Evolved from Old Norse in the late 1200's, developed into [[Scots Norse]] by the mid 1700's
|notice=IPA
|notice=IPA
}}
}}


Sudrey Norse (endonym: sudraèsce; /sʊd.ˈre.sʲkʲə/) was a West Nordic language natively spoken throughout Suðreyjar, being the dominant language of the isles. It had recieved heavy influence from Scots Gaelic over the centuries, Gaelic contributing heavily to the spelling conventions of the language, and likely being the primary pushing force behind the development of the broad/slender distinction in Sudrey Norse.
Sudrey Norse (endonym: {{l|sdno|Agharsca}} W. /ˈə.ɣəɾ.skə/, E. /ˈə.jəɾ.ʃcə/) was a West Nordic dialect continuum natively spoken throughout Suðreyjar, being the dominant language of the isles. It had recieved heavy influence from Scots Gaelic over the centuries, Gaelic having contributed heavily to the spelling conventions of the language, and likely being the primary pushing force behind the development of the broad/slender distinction in Sudrey Norse.


Sudrey Norse had three main dialects, Inner, Outer, and Mannish (or Monsk), corresponding to the inner and outer Hebrides, as well as the Isle of Man. These dialects were largely intelligible and often didn't differ all that much from each other. Reportedly the Mannish dialect is still spoken in a few small villages in the north of the isle, though the language of those villages needs far more research in order to conclude what the language is, and if it's even a singular language.
Sudrey Norse had three main dialects, Eastern, Western, and Mannish, corresponding to the Inner and Outer Hebrides, as well as the Isle of Man. These dialects were often nearly unintelligible, to the point they were often referred to as separate languages for most of its lifespan. Reportedly the Mannish dialect is still spoken in a few small villages in the north of the isle, though the language of those villages needs far more research in order to conclude what the language is, and if it's even a singular language.


==History==
==History==
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===Modern===
===Modern===
Sudrey Norse is typically considered extinct, having developed into Scots Norse centuries ago, though some claims have sparked the idea it may still be spoken in the north of the Isle of Man. Though these claims are largely lacking evidence, there is some truth, a Nordic language has been noted in the north of the Isle, but it's critically under-researched, so it cannot currently be claimed to be a form of Sudrey Norse.
Sudrey Norse is typically considered extinct, having developed into Scots Norse centuries ago, though some claims have sparked the idea it may still be spoken in the north of the Isle of Man. Though these claims are largely lacking evidence, there is some truth, a Nordic language has been loosely noted in the north of the Isle, but it's critically under-researched, so it cannot currently be claimed to be a form of Sudrey Norse.
 
==Development==
===Pre-Scots Norse===
*lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables
*loss of gemination of non-sonorants.
*final /r̩/ and nominal singular /ɑr, ir/ > /ə/
*final front vowels > /ʲə/, final back vowels to /ə/
*hl, hv, hr > l, v, r
*/ɣ/ > /g/
*/w/ > /v/, causing /f/ [v] to merge back with [f], thus "arfa" [ɑr.vɑ] > [ɑr.fə] (modern /əɾf/)
*/θ, ð/ > /t, d/, with a few cases of /θ, ð/ > /f, v/
*diphthong flattening, /øy, ɒu, ɛi/ > /øː, oː, eː/
*merger of mid-high and mid-low vowels
*e > ja occasionally when Proto-Germanic *e (typically becomes ja in Old Norse anyways)
*/Cj/ > /Cʲ/
 
===Sudrey Norse===
*development of slender/broad/plain distinction
*front round vowels break to /jV/, where /V/ is a round back vowel
*short vowels > /ɪ, ɛ, ə, ʊ, ɔ/
*long vowels > /i, e, ɑ, u, o/
*(Western only) Loss of all gemination, including sonorants.
*loss of /ə/ between two sonorants (such as /jər/ > /ir/), unless part of an inflectional ending.
*unstressed vowels to /ə/.
*/r/ becomes /ɾ/ intervocalically<sup>?</sup>


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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|-
|-
! rowspan=2 |  
! rowspan=2 |  
! rowspan=2 | Front
! colspan=2 | front
! colspan=2 | Back
! colspan=2 | back
|-
|-
! Unround
! short
! Round
! long
! short
! long
|-
|-
! High
! high
| ɪ
| i
| i
|  
| ʊ
| u
| u
|-
|-
! Near-High
! mid
| ɪ
| ɛ
|
| ʊ
|-
! Mid-High
| e
| e
| rowspan=2 | (ə)
| ɔ
| o
| o
|-
|-
! Mid-Low
! low
| ɛ
|
| ɔ
|
|-
| ə
! Low
| ɑ¹
| colspan=2 | a
|  
|-
|-
|}
|}


Long vowels had likely long been lost, influencing the stress patterns of the language instead.
#Probably closer to /æ/ in Eastern.
 
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
A major development in nouns is the complete loss of the definite forms, being replaced by the independent "hinn", which precedes the noun, triggering nasal mutation in some forms.
====Masculines====
====Strong nouns====
====Feminines====
There are two strong neuter, three masculine, and three feminine declensions. The masculine and feminine each have an A, an I, and an R stem, after the defining difference in the nominative singular of the Proto-Germanic form.
===Adjectives===
===Prepositions===
===Verbs===


Though the masculine a-stems tend for an -s genitive singular, and the i- and r-stems tend for -ar, there are many words that don't follow.
==Syntax==
===Word order===
Scots Norse word order is incredibly strict, relying more on particles than word order for changing the sentence type. The typical order is:
#Preverbal particle(s)
#Verb
#Postverbal particle(s)
#Subject
#Preposition(s) (usually)
#Direct object or predicate adjective
#Indirect object


First to be shown will be the masculine patterns, then the feminines, and lastly the neuters, with several examples for each pattern. Take notice of how the case system is starting to collapse.
An example:
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(1)|abbreviations=DIR:direct case
| ètir mic hin fiòda.
| eat.PRES 1sg the food.DIR
| I eat the food.
}}


=====Masculines=====
Prepositions are placed largely as in English, but the usage can often differ, eg. "i" ("in") goes before the direct object, but is also used for many other things, such as "under" in "under construction" ("i miùeghi", literally "in building").
These first few are masculine a-stems.
{{snon-decl-m-a|eld|1l=h-eld|1n=n-eld}}
{{snon-decl-m-a|hàt|hòt|1e=hàet|1l='àt|2l='òt|1el='àet|1n=nhàt|2n=nhòt|1en=nhàet}}
{{snon-decl-m-a|hàmer|hòmer|1l='àmer|2l='òmer|1n=nhàmer|2n=nhòmer}}


=====Feminines=====
Adjectives and genitives, much like in Gàidhlig, come after the noun, eg. "blòemh ròdh" for "red flower" and "blòemh mì" for "my flower".
{{snon-decl-f-ōn|aerv|orv|1l=h-aerv|2l=h-orv|1n=n-aerv|2n=n-orv}}
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(2)|abbreviations=DIR:direct case
|{blòmir un in} blòm ròda mìn.
|{bloom.PRES CONT} flower.DIR red.DIR 1sg.POSS
|
}}


===Questions and answers===
Scots Norse lacks a true equivalent to "no", the closest thing being "è(gh)" ("not"), which can often be used on it's own when a form of "be" + "not" suffices for an answer, as in:
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(3)|abbreviations=DIR:direct case
| vàrt mèlir tic vidmì?
| Q speak.PRES 2sg with.1sg
| Will you speak with me?
}}
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=&emsp;(3.1)|indent=6
| ègi
| NEG
| I won't
}}


Following this usage of "ègh", "ghià" (Old Norse "já") is often used as an affirmative, as in:
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(4)|abbreviations=DIR:direct case
| vàrt ètist tic màni-màls vidmìnic?
| Q eat.FUT 2sg dinner.DIR with.1sg.EMP
| Will you eat dinner with me?
}}
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=&emsp;(4.1)|indent=6
| ghià!
| AFF
| I will!
}}


=====Neuters=====
As has likely been noticed by now, questions consistently contain "vàrt" at the beginning, this is a general question particle, akin to Gàidhlig "an".
Here we have the neuter a-stem.
{{snon-decl-n-a|post|post|1e=poest|1l=phost|1n=most|1en=moest|2n=most}}
In "post", notice the lack of change in the nom/acc plural, this is due to umlaut only occuring on -a- in this pattern, as in this next pattern.
{{snon-decl-n-a|màl|mòl|1e=màel|1l=mhàel|1n=màel|1en=màel|2n=mòl}}
Now here in "màl", notice how the difference is present.


===Adjectives===
==="To be"===
As with nouns, the definiteness distinction has been lost in adjectives, though it was lost far earlier than in nouns, this is attributed to the increasing reliance on the noun for definiteness. (Which itself too eventually fell to the use of "hi")
====Existential ''bì''====
Likely under the influence of Irish, the verb "bìodh" (Old Norse "bíða") shifted to an existential copula, expressing existence, location, and condition, rather than an impersonal one, while an odd development, the extreme influence of the Gaelic languages does well explain it, in this sense it's most often spelt "bì", with the various endings being appended with an apostrophe, as in "bì'ir" or "bì'adhist", in these forms it is often pronounced /bj-/, thus /bjəjʃt/ for "bì'adhist".


The forms of adjectives quickly began falling together, with the nominative/accusative distinction being lost quite early on.
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(5)|abbreviations=DIR:direct case
{{snon-decl-adj|sèl|r=l}}
|bìdir Gud
|EXIST.PRES God.DIR
|God exists
}}


===Prepositions===
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(6)|abbreviations=DIR:direct case
Scots Norse has a very, very simple system of inflected prepositions, only inflecting for person and number, but never for case or gender, likely because it can usually be told through context.
|bìdir hìnar eplar on hìnan bordi
|EXIST.PRES the.PL.DIR apple.PL.DIR on the.DAT table.DAT
|the apples are on the table
}}


A large amount of speakers simply don't use inflected prepositions, though the majority does.
''bì'' has developed in such a way where a noun phrase cannot directly act as the predicate, instead needing to be preceded by ''u'', as in:


{{snon-infl-prep|lem=ì|in|1l=inh|1ol=ionh|1v=im}}
====Copulative ''vèr''====
The verb {{l|snon|vèr}} acts as the so-called "equative 'to be'", eg. the verb "to be" as used to mean "X = Y", as in:
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(8)
|vèrir mic sèl
|COP.PRES 1sg happy
|I am happy
}}


"vèr" in the present tense can often be dropped when paired with an emphatic pronoun, compare '''''vèrir mic hin tèter.''''' vs. '''''mìnich hin tèter.''''', both meaning "I am the teacher."


When saying "this/that is", "tesi" and "tan" are used, with the verb dropped in the present tense.
:(5a) ''tesi tèter mìn'' "This (is) my teacher"
:(5b) ''tan hin tèter'' "That's the teacher"


{{snon-infl-prep|til|1l=tilh|1ol=tiolh|1v=tilv}}
"in him/her" can also be used with an adjective to intensify it.
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(9)
|vèrir han sèl inhans
|COP.PRES 3sg.M happy in.3sg.M
|He is happy
}}


===Verbs===
{{interlinear|lang=snon|number=(10)
Many significant changes have happened to the verb system since Old Norse, notably both the mood and voice distinctions have been lost. The active indicative has descended into the present and past tense, while the active subjunctive was lost entirely. The oppositive happened in the mediopassive, with the subjunctive becoming the future and stative, while the indicative was lost.
|vèrir hàna brìa inhena
 
|COP.PRES 3sg.F beautiful in.3sg.F
The stative doesn't exist for every verb, but the forms are still displayed for convenience's sake.
|She is beautiful
 
}}
The original mediopassive indicative only remains in a small set of verbs acting as a reciprocal, typically physical actions taken towards others, like {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to fight"), {{lang|snon|{{term|slà}}}} ("to hit"), {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to embrace"), as well as a few abstract verbs, such as {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to love"). Otherwise it's been replaced by {{lang|snon|{{term|hìnu n-onnu}}}}
====Strong verbs====
Strong verbs have survived rather well into Scots Norse, at times weak verbs have been made strong (though the opposite has also happened).
=====Class 1=====
=====Class 2=====
=====Class 3=====
=====Class 4=====
=====Class 5=====
=====Class 6=====
=====Class 7=====
 
====Weak verbs====
=====Class 1=====
The original distinction between "heavy" and "light" stems has long been lost in Scots Norse, the distinction between them having either been leveled out or sound changes led to its loss.


{{snon-conj-weak1|mèl|mèlt|1o=mèol|2o=mèolt}}
=====Class 2=====
{{snon-conj-weak2|tàl|tàldh|1e=tàel|2e=tàeldh|1u=tòl|2u=tòldh}}
=====Class 3=====
====Suppletive verbs====
==Syntax==
==Texts==
==Texts==
===UDHR Article 1===
===UDHR Article 1===
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'''Old Norse (modern translation)''':
'''Old Norse (modern translation)''':
:Allir menn eru bornir frjálsir ok jafnir at virðingu ok réttum. Þeir eru allir viti gœddir ok samvizku, ok skulu gøra hvárr til annars bróðurliga.
:Allir menn eru bornir frjálsir ok jafnir at virðingu ok réttum. Þeir eru allir viti gœddir ok samvizku, ok skulu gøra hvárr til annars bróðurliga.
'''Scots Norse''':
:{{lang|snon|alirr me n-èor bhornirr friàlsirr o hiavnirr, hàevn vhirding h-o rhèot h-at tèrr. tèrr èor h-alirr vìt ghaèddirr o shanviosc, h-o shcùl ghaèr vhàrr til anarr bhròdhurligh.}}
:(alirr me n-èor bhornirr friàlsirr o hiavnirr, hàevn vhirding h-o rhèot h-at tèrr. tèrr èor h-alirr vìt ghaèddirr o shanviosc, h-o shcùl ghaèr vhàrr til anarr bhròdhurligh.)
:/ˈa.ʎɪr ˈmʲɛ ˈɲeɾˠ ˈvˠɔrˠ.ɲɪrˠ ˈfʲrʲol.ʃɪrʲ ɔ ˈçav.ɲɪrʲ ˈhovʲɲ ˈvʲɪrʲ.dʲɪŋ hɔ ˈɾʲetˠ çətʲ tʲerʲ ˈtʲerʲ ˈeɾ ˈha.ʎɪr ˈvʲitʲ ˈɣe.dʲɪrʲ ɔ ˈhã.vɪsˠk hɔ ʰkul ˈɣeɾʲ ˈɣor tʲɪʎ ˈa.ɲərʲ ˈvˠrˠo.ðˠur.ʎɪʝ/
:'''English translation'''
::lit: "all men are born free and equal, being dignity and rights at them. they are all endowed to reason and to conscience, and should act each to others to brotherly(ness)"
::"all men are born free and equal, having dignity and rights. they are all endowed with reason and conscience, and should act to eachother as a brotherhood"


==Lexical comparison==
==Lexical comparison==
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