Norn

extinct Germanic language spoken in the Northern Isles of Scotland
Intangible dead_language Q36708
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Norn is an intangible entity associated with the United Kingdom[1].

Norn

Summary

Norn is a dead language[1]. Norn ranks in the top 9% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Norn is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Norn's instance of is recorded as dead language[4].
  • Norn's instance of is recorded as extinct language[5].
  • Norn's instance of is recorded as natural language[6].
  • Norn's follows is recorded as Old Norse[7].
  • Norn's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as nrn[8].
  • Norn's subclass of is recorded as West Scandinavian[9].
  • Norn's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Norn's writing system is recorded as Younger Futhark[11].
  • Norn's IETF language tag is recorded as nrn[12].
  • Norn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05k1n[13].
  • Norn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Norn language[14].
  • Norn's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[15].
  • Norn's Linguist List code is recorded as nrn[16].
  • Norn's Glottolog code is recorded as oldn1246[17].
  • Norn's Linguasphere code is recorded as 52-AAA-ac[18].
  • Norn's distribution map is recorded as Idioma norn.png[19].
  • Norn's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct[20].
  • Norn's indigenous to is recorded as Northern Isles[21].
  • Norn's indigenous to is recorded as Caithness[22].
  • Norn's indigenous to is recorded as Orkney Islands[23].
  • Norn's indigenous to is recorded as Shetland Islands[24].
  • Norn's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NRN[25].
  • Norn's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133075656[26].
  • Norn's has grammatical case is recorded as nominative case[27].

Why It Matters

Norn ranks in the top 9% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).[2] Norn has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Norn is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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