31/07/2017 · Classification and Early History. Danish is classified as part of the East Scandinavian branch of the North Germanic languages, which developed much more than other modern Scandinavian languages. In the past, almost all Scandinavian languages were similar, but Danish over time began to develop its own characteristics. In the period when the Vikings …

History of the Danish Language. The Beginning of Danish The Danish language stemmed from a common Germanic language. In the 8th century, the common Germanic language of Scandinavia, Proto-Norse, went through a number of changes and, soon enough, became Old Norse. This language began to experience new changes that did not reach every part of Scandinavia.

Danish (/ 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, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, the United …

The history of the Danish language in some form is believed go back over one thousand years. The Danish language originated from a Nordic language known as Old East Norse. Since both the Danish and Swedish languages are derived from the Old East Norse line of the Nordic languages, both languages have several similarities.

The Danish language developed during the Middle Ages out of Old East Norse, the common predecessor of Danish and Swedish. It was a late form of common Old Norse. The Danish philologist Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen divided the history of Danish into "Old Danish" from 800 AD to 1525 and "Modern Danish" from 1525 and onwards. He subdivided Old Danish into "Runic …

06/09/1999 · Their linguistic history begins to get interesting around 2000 B.C. when the first Indo-European immigrants, the “single-grave people,” take over Denmark, bringing their language with them. Since then, Danish has ranged from the language of the vast Viking empire to a language spoken only by the people in and around a small European country.

Danish belongs to the East Scandinavian branch of North Germanic languages. It began to separate from the other Scandinavian languages, to which it is closely related, about ad 1000. The oldest Danish records are runic inscriptions (c. ad 250–800) found from Jutland to southern Sweden; the earliest manuscripts in Danish date from the 13th century.

The written language was essentially contemporary Danish, and the spoken language of the elite was heavily influenced by the written standard. When Danish rule of Norway ended in the early 20th century, this Dano-Norwegian mixture was codified as a standard language.