shetland

Okay, so Norn was a North Germanic language closely related to the Faroese and Norwegian languages and slightly more distantly related to Icelandic, Danish, and Swedish that was spoken in the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) off the North Coast of Scotland (yes, I am copying the wikipedia...

What if Denmark possessed Orkney and Shetland during the Napoleonic wars, would Britain demand them from Denmark? Denmark OTL ceded the islands to Scotland as a wedding gift in 1469. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland#Annexation_by_Scotland

Nordreyjar(Orkney and Shetland Islands) and Sudreyjar(the Hebrides and Mann) had long been under Norse control that eventually gave way to Scottish influence. The Northern Isles, ruled via the Earldom of Orkney, were absorbed in the 15th century, while the Southern Isles, under the Kingdom of...

This is a linguistic map of Scotland from the Fifteenth Century. As you may have guessed, Blue is Gaelic and Yellow is English/Scots. But you may be wondering what orange is? Orange is Norn, the Scandinavian language of Orkney and Shetland, spoken there ever since the Vikings first took over...

If Orkney and Shetland had still been under Scandinavian rule in 1707 would they still be under Scandinavian rule today, like the Faroe Islands? Also, how would the islands be different today in other ways?

What if Orkney and Shetland had remained Scandinavian processions until the Napoleonic wars before being handed over to the British? Would they become integral parts of the United Kingdom, and of Scotland, with representation in parliament? What would happen to the Norn Language?