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5 days ago · Today Old Norse has developed into the modern North Germanic languages Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and other North Germanic varieties of which Norwegian, Danish and Swedish retain considerable mutual intelligibility while Icelandic remains the closest to Old Norse.
2 days ago · The origin of language, its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries. Scholars wishing to study the origins of language must draw inferences from evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons ...
3 days ago · A rune is a letter in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised purposes thereafter.
5 days ago · This is a list of official, or otherwise administratively-recognized, languages of sovereign countries, regions, and supra-national institutions. The article also lists lots of languages which have no administrative mandate as an official language, generally describing these as de facto official languages.
4 days ago · Pálsson is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning son of Páll (Paul). [citation needed] In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic. The name refers to: Brooke Palsson, Canadian actress. Einar Pálsson (1925–1996), Icelandic scholar of Icelandic saga literature.
4 days ago · Iceland Saga Map is a digital map and online collection regarding the Í slendingasögur , which are over 30 medieval Icelandic family sagas, and travel logs from 19th-century Norse enthusiasts such as Sabine Baring-Gould, William Morris, and William Gershom Collingwood.
4 days ago · Within Tolkien's legendarium, Quenya is one of the many Elvish languages spoken by the immortal Elves, called Quendi ('speakers') in Quenya. Quenya translates as simply "language" or, in contrast to other tongues that the Elves met later in their long history, "elf-language".
