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Dutch and Norwegian History


Norwegian and Dutch Language History


History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Dutch and Norwegian

The Early forms of Dutch and Norwegian explains the evolution of Dutch and Norwegian languages which is under Dutch and Norwegian history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Dutch and Norwegian history we will understand how the Dutch and Norwegian languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Dutch: Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch.
  • Early forms of Norwegian: Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian.
  • Standard forms of Dutch: Standard Dutch.
  • Standard forms of Norwegian: Nynorsk, Bokmål.
  • Signed forms of Dutch: Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  • Signed forms of Norwegian: Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

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Dutch and Norwegian Language Family

In Dutch and Norwegian history, you will get to know about Dutch and Norwegian language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Dutch is a part of Indo-European Family while Norwegian is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Dutch is Germanic and Western resp. The subgroup and branch of Norwegian is Germanic and Northern (Scandinavian) resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Dutch and Norwegian language on Dutch vs Norwegian alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Dutch vs Norwegian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Dutch vs Norwegian language rank. Dutch and Norwegian history gives you Dutch and Norwegian language rank. The Dutch language rank is 48. And Norwegian language rank is not available. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Dutch vs Norwegian.

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