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German and Norwegian History


Norwegian and German Language History


History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of German and Norwegian

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

  • Early forms of German: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Norwegian: Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian.
  • Standard forms of German: German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German.
  • Standard forms of Norwegian: Nynorsk, Bokmål.
  • Signed forms of German: Signed German
  • Signed forms of Norwegian: Signed German

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German and Norwegian Language Family

In German and Norwegian history, you will get to know about German 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. German is a part of Indo-European Family while Norwegian is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of German 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 German and Norwegian language on German vs Norwegian alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

German vs Norwegian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out German vs Norwegian language rank. German and Norwegian history gives you German and Norwegian language rank. The German language rank is 9. 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 German vs Norwegian.

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