Shetland is da maist norderly pairt o da UK, a peerie gadderie o islands set atween da Atlantic tae da wast an da Nort Sea tae da aest atween Scotland, Norwa an Faroe. Hit’s haandy plaecement, clappit richt idda middle o da martitme trade an migration routes, means at da isles is bøn a plaess o contact fir hunders, if no thoosands o years. Shaetlan is da language spokken alang wi English in Shetland. Hit pre-daets English apø da isles an isna mutually intelligible wi English. Aa Shaetlan spaekkers is bilingual wi English. Hits main ancestor languages is Norn (extinct) an Scots, wi a lok o Dutch an Low German bits in aboot it.
