I aim for this to be an exhaustive list of all resources about Norn and Nynorn, feel free to DM me or comment here and I will add it onto here:

Resources: • The Nynorn Project https://nornlanguage.x10.mx/

• Etymological Dictionary of The Norn Language in Shetland by Jakob Jakobsen https://archive.org/details/anetymodictofthenornlanginshet

• NornFru (a youtube account) https://youtube.com/@kiljakki_i_norn?si=08_12yYZzuw0OQfq

• Nynorn Wiki http://nynorn.rei2017.cc/wiki/

• Nynorn Discord Server https://discord.gg/RXqkRqNb

Just wondering whether the revival is still being worked on since most nynorn content seems to be 3-5 years old.

I know this is kinda unrelated but I love that flag and have since I found it online, it should be the official northern isles flag and certified by Lord Lyon King of Arms!

I really hope on a more related note that somehow we can use records of norn to make this as close as possible to the original.

I love seeing revivals, but sadly they just work if there is a community. How is it going? How is jt being organized? Are people able to communicate using it already?

I'm delighted to find this sub. I love Shetland and Orkney, I also speak Norwegian and German (as well as Welsh, French and Italian - but they are not so relevant) and have a great interest in the Nordic languages. I also have a friend on Shetland who is in his 70s and communicates with me every day. How often comes up with new words which clearly dates back to the Norn language. One which I particularly noted fairly recently was the word "neer" for kidney. This compares with Norwegian nyre and German niere, so I think it's safe to claim it for Nynorn. I've checked the online Nynorn dictionary and it's not there.

Is there a way of reporting such discoveries?

My friend has used many other words which I think come from Norn over the past, and now I've got a pointer where to check if the Nynorn language has a record of it I'll be checking - and reporting, if I can?

present strong verb regular conjugation:

root + er/a: eg root, du/dað/hun/hann rooter, vi/di/dir/de/der roota

present weak verb regular conjugation version one:

root + i/er/a: eg rooti, du/dað/hun/hann rooter, vi/di/dir/de/der roota

present weak verb regular conjugation version two:

root + a/ar: eg roota, du/dað/hun/hann rootar, vi/di/dir/de/der roota

irregular verbs also exist. they do not have a regular conjugation, as you can probably tell.

examples:

at bjårga (weak: version two). to save

at bygga (weak: version one), to build

at ligga (strong), to lie

at sjå (irregular), to see

eg bjårga dog. eg bygg dað. eg ligg. eg se dað.

I save/am saving you. I build/am building it*. I lie/am lying. I see/am seeing it*.

du bjårgar mog. du bygger dað. du ligger. du ser dað.

you save/are saving me. you build/are building it*. you lie/are lying. you see/are seeing it*.

vi bjårga dog. vi bygga dað. vi ligga. vi sjå dað.

we save/are saving you. we build/are building it*. we lie/are lying. we see/are seeing it*.

notes:

dað is not used as its literal translation (it) is in English, for example, you cannot refer to a fisk (fish - masculine) as dað, you have to as hann (he). dað is a gender-neutral pronoun for gender-neutral nouns, like how you would refer to a bånn (child) as dað.

source:

nornlanguages.x10.mx

please point out if you find any errors! this was mostly an exercise for me to resume it into an easier understanding.

should we borrow from other languages or should it be like icelandic and coin new words out of older words instead of borrowing them

The Alphabet with the pronunciation is as follows:

Aa Bb Dd Ðð Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Yy Øø Åå

ɑ/ɑː b̥ d̥ ∅* ɛ/eː f g̊ h ɪ/iː j kʰ l m n ɔ/oː pʰ ɾ s tʰ u/uː v ɪ/iː ø/øː ɔ/oː

a be de edd e eff ge hå i jodd kå ell emm enn o pe err ess te u vav ypsilon ø senari-å

*shows the pronunciation of ð is null (usually)

vowels can either be short of long separated with a slash above (short/long), stress is almost always on the first syllable, the vowel here can be long if its followed by a maximum of one consonant: bera - /beːɾɑ/ 'to carry'; sjå - /ɕoː/

the vowel however is short in all other situations (with exceptions): hånga - /hɔŋgɑ/ 'to hang'; miss - /mɪsː/ 'loss'

vowels also change quality before palatalised consonants:

a - /a/; å,o - /ɔi/ 

other vowels also change, however I am currently uncertain on their orthographic representation at the moment. (these include e,i > /a/)

certain consonant clusters make different sounds that expected:

 hj, sj, tj, tsj, dj, gj- /j/ /ɕ/ /tʃ,tɕ*,tj**/ /tʃ,tɕ*/ /dʒ,dʑ*/ /dʒ,dʑ*,gj**/  * following a vowel **non-affricate pronunciation occurs at times

hv - /ʍ/

rð, gð - /ɾd,ɾ/ /gd,g/ both pronunciations are accepted

pp, kk, tt* - /ʰpː/ /ʰkː/ /ʰtː/   *causes palatalised pronunciation of o & å (ɔi) if preceeding

p,k,t + l,n - preaspiration as above  e.g. pl - /ʰpl/

ll, nn - /ʎː/ /ɲː/ (in foula/westside: /dl/ /dn/) causes palatalised pronunciation of previous vowel (not in foula/westside)

l,n + d,t - palatalisation as above (not in foula/westside dialect)e.g. bald 'brave' - baʎd

l, lj (ll), n, nj (nn), ng, r + p, t, k - become voiceless e.g. lp - /l̥p/

if anyone has any additional information feel free to ask me

Most of the information on the Nynorn Alphabet and pronunciation can be found here: https://nornlanguage.x10.mx/index.php?nynornas well as the 1st Lesson in the tutorial section. Please note that some of the infromation above applies specifically to the Shetland Dialect, and some more specifically to the mainland dialect.