WebCountries where an East Baltic language is the national language. The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 4.5 million people mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.Together with the Slavic languages, they form the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo …

WebNorth Frisian (nordfriisk) is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages.The language comprises 10 dialects which are themselves divided into an insular and a mainland group.

WebWhat may have increased the spread of runestones was an event in Denmark in the 960s. King Harald Bluetooth had just been baptised and in order to mark the arrival of a new order and a new age, he commanded the construction of a runestone. The inscription reads King Haraldr ordered this monument made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of …

WebNorwegian (Norwegian: norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language.Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close.These Scandinavian languages, …

WebName. The Old Norse theonym Vé (or Véi) is cognate with Gothic weiha ('priest'), both stemming from Proto-Germanic *wīhōn, itself from the adjective *wīhaz, meaning 'holy' (cf. Goth. weihs, Old High German wīh). A related noun, *wīhan ('sanctuary'), can also be reconstructed on the basis of Old Norse vé ('sanctuary'), Old English wēoh ('idol'), and …

WebAlemannic; Alemannish: Alemannisch: Pronunciation [alɛˈman(ː)ɪʃ] Native to: Switzerland: entire German-speaking part, except for the town of Samnaun. Germany: most of Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia. Austria: Vorarlberg and some parts of Tyrol. Liechtenstein: entire country. France: most of Alsace. Italy: some parts of Aosta Valley …

WebProto-Norse inscriptions; Old Norse (also Latin script) Old Danish (also Latin script) Old English/Anglo-Saxon (also Latin script) Old Frisian (also Latin script) Old High German (also Latin script) Old Dutch (also Latin script) si5s. Various sign languages. American Sign Language (also ASL-phabet, SignWriting, and Stokoe notation) SignWriting. Various sign …

WebProto-Norse: inscription NITHIJO TAWIDE on shield grip from the Illerup Ådal weapon deposit: Single Proto-Norse words are found on the Øvre Stabu spearhead (second half of the 2nd century) and the Vimose Comb (c. 160). 292: Mayan: Stela 29 from Tikal: A brief undeciphered inscription at San Bartolo is dated to the 3rd century BC. 312–313: …

WebVinland, Vineland, or Winland (Old Norse: Vínland ᚠᛁᚾᛚᛅᚾᛏ) was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot. The name appears in the Vinland Sagas, and describes Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence as …

WebThis is a list of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes that are mentioned in the literature of Indic religions.. From the second or first millennium BCE, ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes turned into most of the population in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent – Indus Valley (roughly today's Pakistan), Western India, Northern India, Central India, …