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1 day ago · Danish is a Germanic language of the North Germanic branch. Other names for this group are the Nordic [14] or Scandinavian languages. Along with Swedish, Danish descends from the Eastern dialects of the Old Norse language; Danish and Swedish are also classified as East Scandinavian or East Nordic languages.
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Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]) are an...
- Early Old Danish
Old East Norse is in Sweden called Runic Swedish and in...
- Denmark
Denmark (Danish: Danmark, pronounced ⓘ) is a Nordic country...
- Danes
2 days ago · Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages . Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branches during the fifth century BC to fifth century AD: West Germanic, East Germanic and North Germanic. [1]
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3 days ago · Gothic (the most archaic well-documented Germanic language, AD c. 350), along with the combined witness of the other old Germanic languages: most importantly, Old English (c. 800 –1000), Old High German (c. 750 –1000) and Old Norse (c. 1100 –1300 AD, with limited earlier sources dating to AD c. 200).
5 days ago · The Germanic languages, particularly English and German, have become global languages, shaping the course of world history. V. ConclusionThe old Germanic tribes and dialects form an integral part of European history and cultural heritage. Their influence can be seen in the social structures, languages, and customs of modern European societies.
5 days ago · Germanic peoples occupied much of the present-day territory of Germany in ancient times. The Germanic peoples are those who spoke one of the Germanic languages, and they thus originated as a group with the so-called first sound shift (Grimm’s law), which turned a Proto-Indo-European dialect into a new Proto-Germanic language within the Indo-European language family.
3 days ago · Latin language, Indo-European language in the Italic group and ancestral to the modern Romance languages. Originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, Latin spread with the increase of Roman political power, first throughout Italy and then throughout most of western and southern Europe and the central and ...
4 days ago · LING 3315 - Old Norse I. (crosslisted) MEDVL 3315 Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading. Staff. Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, and the purpose is twofold: the students ...
