WebThe North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages.The language group is also referred to as the Nordic languages, a direct translation of the most common term used among …

WebDanish (/ ˈ d eɪ n ɪ ʃ / (); dansk pronounced (), dansk sprog [ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ]) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in Denmark, as well as Greenland (about 10% of the population speak Danish as their first language owing to immigration), the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, …

WebDanish, Norwegian (including both written forms: Bokmål, the most common standard form; and Nynorsk) and Swedish are all descended from Old Norse, the common ancestor of all North Germanic languages spoken today. Thus, they are closely related, and largely mutually intelligible.The largest differences are found in pronunciation and language …

WebNorwegian. The most widely spoken language in Norway is Norwegian. It is a North Germanic language, closely related to Swedish and Danish, all linguistic descendants of Old Norse.Norwegian is used by some 95% of the population as a first language. The language has two separate written standards: Nynorsk ("New Norwegian", "New" in the …

WebProto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages. No direct record of Proto-Indo-European exists. Far more work has gone into reconstructing PIE than any other proto-language, and it is the …

WebScots (endonym: Scots; Scottish Gaelic: Albais, Beurla Ghallta) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Isles and northern Ulster, it is sometimes called …

WebJan 22, 2019 · Danish is spoken by enough people to count as a minority language in Iceland, but there are only about 1,000 “true” Danish speakers in Iceland. Interestingly enough, Polish is a significant minority language as …

WebApr 25, 2017 · Danish is the official language of the Kingdom of Denmark and is spoken by a majority of the people of this country. Danish is also the national language of the country. It is a North Germanic language that is spoken by about 6 million people, mainly Danes, and residents of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where Danish has the status …

WebNorman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand, Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a Romance language which can be classified as one of the Oïl languages along with French, Picard and Walloon.The name "Norman French" is sometimes used to describe not only the Norman language, but also the administrative languages of Anglo …

WebJun 13, 2018 · Saterland Frisian, East Frisian language’s last living dialect, is also spoken in Germany. Other Minority Languages Spoken in Germany . Romani and Danish are the two other minority languages spoken in the country. Around 0.08% of Germany’s population speak the Romani languages. Danish is spoken by about 0.06% of the country’s …