Orcadians

Orcadians
Total population
	21,349 currently resident population of Orkney
Regions with significant populations
Mainland, Orkney	17,162
South Ronaldsay	909
Westray	588
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.
^ Cite error: The named reference Brown1996 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The Orcadians – The people of Orkney". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
^ 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 Goodacre2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Thomson, William P.L. (2008). The New History of Orkney. Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 4–6. ISBN 978-1-84158-696-0.
^ 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.
^ Cite error: The named reference Hunter2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[NRS-1] 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.

[Brown1996-2] Cite error: The named reference Brown1996 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "The Orcadians – The people of Orkney". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 19 September 2009.

[Scots_Language_p._394-4] Jones, Charles (1997). The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language. Edinburgh University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7486-0754-9

[Goodacre2005-5] Cite error: The named reference Goodacre2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Thomson, William P.L. (2008). The New History of Orkney. Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 4–6. ISBN 978-1-84158-696-0.

[7] Ritchie, Anna (2003). "The Picts". In Omand, Donald (ed.). The Orkney Book. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 39. ISBN 1-84158-254-9.

[9] "Genetic study reveals 30% of white British DNA has German ancestry". The Guardian.

[Hunter2010-10] Cite error: The named reference Hunter2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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