Shaetlan

English Etymology en :bor scz:Shaetlan 1 1 Proper noun en Shetlandic. Gillian Harris 30 September 2002 Scots pupils can use 'mither tung' in the classroom https://archive.org/details/per_times_the-times_2002-09-30_67569 67569 12 Today Scots is made up of several dialects including Doric, Lallans, spoken in southern Scotland, Shaetlan, used in Shetland, and Ullans spoken by Ulster Scots. en David Green 2005 Crofting – Looking to the Future Crofting People and Politics: Five Decades of the Crofters Commission Argyll Publishing, Crofters Commission 9781902831916 20 Entrants must undertake compulsory vocational training courses from the University of the Highlands and Islands available in both Gaelic and Shaetlan, taught by retiring crofters. en Hans J. Marter 15 October 2025 Shaetlan receives full recognition as a language w:Shetland News https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/10/15/shaetlan-receives-full-recognition-as-a-language/ The recognition comes after the local language was given its own ISO code by SIL Global, the organisation that handles the international Ethnologue database has been tasked with the handling of international language ISO codes. There are more than 7,000 languages in 242 countries recognised in the database, and Shaetlan is now one of them. https://web.archive.org/web/20251113093240/https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/10/15/shaetlan-receives-full-recognition-as-a-language/ Shetland Proper noun scz proper noun Shetlandic (language presently spoken on the Shetland Islands)