Langenesis

Indo-European family

Norn

c. 1350 CE – 1850 CE Extinct

Norn (c. 1350 CE – 1850 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Norse → Old Norse → Old West Norse → Norn.

See Norn on the interactive map

West Norse language of Orkney, Shetland and Caithness, replaced by Scots. Date of extinction is uncertain (18th–19th century).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Proto-Norsec. 150 CE – 750 CE
  4. Old Norsec. 750 CE – 1050 CE
  5. Old West Norsec. 1050 CE – 1350 CE
  6. Nornc. 1350 CE – 1850 CE

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Old West Norse.

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