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Swedish and Danish History


Danish and Swedish Language History


History

Origin
13th Century   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Swedish and Danish

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

  • Early forms of Swedish: Old Swedish.
  • Early forms of Danish: Old Danish, Early Modern Danish.
  • Standard forms of Swedish: Standard Swedish.
  • Standard forms of Danish: Rigsdansk.
  • Signed forms of Swedish: Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  • Signed forms of Danish: Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

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Swedish and Danish Language Family

In Swedish and Danish history, you will get to know about Swedish and Danish 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. Swedish is a part of Indo-European Family while Danish is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Swedish is Germanic and Northern (Scandinavian) resp. The subgroup and branch of Danish is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Swedish and Danish language on Swedish vs Danish alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Swedish vs Danish Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swedish vs Danish language rank. Swedish and Danish history gives you Swedish and Danish language rank. The Swedish language rank is 89. And Danish 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 Swedish vs Danish.

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