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Norwegian and Swedish History


Swedish and Norwegian Language History


History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

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Early forms of Norwegian and Swedish

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

  • Early forms of Norwegian: Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian.
  • Early forms of Swedish: Old Swedish.
  • Standard forms of Norwegian: Nynorsk, Bokmål.
  • Standard forms of Swedish: Standard Swedish.
  • Signed forms of Norwegian: Signed Norwegian
  • Signed forms of Swedish: Signed Norwegian

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Norwegian and Swedish Language Family

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

Norwegian vs Swedish Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Norwegian vs Swedish language rank. Norwegian and Swedish history gives you Norwegian and Swedish language rank. The Norwegian language rank is not available. And Swedish language rank is 89. 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 Norwegian vs Swedish.

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