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Orcadians
 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 21,349 currently resident population of Orkney | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainland, Orkney | 17,162[1] |
| South Ronaldsay | 909[1] |
| Westray | 588[1] |
| Languages | |
| Orcadian (Scots), Scottish English; historically Norn and Pictish | |
| Religion | |
| Presbyterianism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Shetlanders, Caithnesians, Lowland Scots, Norwegians, Faroese, Icelanders, Greenlandic Norsemen, and Anglo-Metis | |
Orcadians, also known as Orkneymen,[2] are an ethnic group native to the Orkney Islands, who speak an Orcadian dialect of the Scots language, a West Germanic language, and share a common history, culture and ancestry.[3] Speaking Norn, a native North Germanic language into the 19th or 20th century,[4] Orcadians descend significantly from North Germanic peoples, with around a third of their ancestry derived from Scandinavia, including a majority of their patrilineal line.[5] According to anthropological study, the Orcadian ethnic composition is similar to that of Icelandic people; a comparable islander ethnicity of North Germanic origin.[5]
Historically, they are also descended from the Picts,[6][a] Norse,[8] and Lowland Scots.[9]
- ^ a b c National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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- ^ Jones, Charles (1997). The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language. Edinburgh University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7486-0754-9
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Ritchie, Anna (2003). "The Picts". In Omand, Donald (ed.). The Orkney Book. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 39. ISBN 1-84158-254-9.
- ^ "Genetic study reveals 30% of white British DNA has German ancestry". The Guardian.
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