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Swedish and Norwegian History


Norwegian and Swedish Language History


History

Origin
13th Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Swedish and Norwegian

The Early forms of Swedish and Norwegian explains the evolution of Swedish and Norwegian languages which is under Swedish and Norwegian history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Swedish and Norwegian history we will understand how the Swedish and Norwegian languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Swedish: Old Swedish.
  • Early forms of Norwegian: Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian.
  • Standard forms of Swedish: Standard Swedish.
  • Standard forms of Norwegian: Nynorsk, Bokmål.
  • Signed forms of Swedish: Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  • Signed forms of Norwegian: Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

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Swedish and Norwegian Language Family

In Swedish and Norwegian history, you will get to know about Swedish and Norwegian language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Swedish is a part of Indo-European Family while Norwegian is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Swedish is Germanic and Northern (Scandinavian) resp. The subgroup and branch of Norwegian is Germanic and Northern (Scandinavian) resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Swedish and Norwegian language on Swedish vs Norwegian alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Swedish vs Norwegian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swedish vs Norwegian language rank. Swedish and Norwegian history gives you Swedish and Norwegian language rank. The Swedish language rank is 89. And Norwegian language rank is not available. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Swedish vs Norwegian.

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