North Germanic languages

E17558
branch of the Germanic languages language family subgroup

The North Germanic languages are a subgroup of the Germanic language family spoken primarily in Scandinavia and surrounding regions, including languages such as Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
North Germanic languages canonical 47
Scandinavian languages 14
North Germanic 8

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Germanic languages ⓘ
language family subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs North Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Nordic languages

North Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Scandinavian languages
ancestralLanguage Proto-Norse ⓘ
developedFrom Proto-Germanic ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Germanic language
hasSubgroup Continental Scandinavian languages ⓘ
East Scandinavian languages ⓘ
Insular Scandinavian languages ⓘ
West Scandinavian languages ⓘ
historicalWritingSystem Runic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Younger Futhark

runic alphabet ⓘ
includesLanguage Danish ⓘ
Elfdalian ⓘ
Faroese language ⓘ
surface form: Faroese

Gutnish ⓘ
Icelandic ⓘ
Norn ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
Old East Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Danish

Old Gutnish ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse

Old Norwegian ⓘ
Old East Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Swedish

Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
linguisticFeature V2 word order in main clauses in most languages ⓘ
definite suffix on nouns in most languages ⓘ
grammatical gender in most languages ⓘ
rich vowel inventory ⓘ
voiced and voiceless stops ⓘ
majorModernStandard Bokmål ⓘ
surface form: Bokmål Norwegian

Nynorsk ⓘ
surface form: Nynorsk Norwegian

Danish language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Danish

Faroese language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Faroese

Standard Icelandic ⓘ
Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Swedish
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
primaryRegion Denmark ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
spokenIn Finland ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Svalbard ⓘ
Åland Islands ⓘ
subclassOf Germanic languages ⓘ
timeDepth attested since the Viking Age ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danish language → branch → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Norway → nationalLanguageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Norwegian language → subfamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Germanic languages → hasSubfamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Faroese language → subbranch → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Gutnish → subfamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Gutnish → partOf → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic dialect continuum
Jóhan → hasLanguageUsage → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic languages
Swedish language → branch → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Proto-Germanic → ancestorOf → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old East Norse → subclassOf → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old East Norse → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
North Germanic languages → alsoKnownAs → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic languages
North Germanic languages → alsoKnownAs → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Scandinavians → hasPrimaryLanguageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Scandinavians → associatedWithLanguageGroup → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Nordic → hasOfficialLanguageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Icelanders → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Johann → languageOfUse → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Germanic peoples → dividedInto → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic peoples
Germanic peoples → languageGroupIncludes → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Bokmål → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Riksmål → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Norwegian → subclassOf → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Old Norwegian → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Swedes → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Finland Swedish → languageBranch → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Ernest → usedInLanguage → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Olof → etymologicalLanguageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Rudolf → usedInLanguage → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Ellen → isUsedIn → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Proto-Norse → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Nordic countries → hasLanguageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Norse phonology → hasLanguageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Faroese Language Council → languageFamilyRegulated → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Gutnish → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Gutalagen → hasLanguage → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse language group
Gutes → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Övdalian → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Middle Low German → influenced → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Old Icelandic → partOf → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Old Icelandic → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Germanic
Wisconsin English → influencedBy → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian languages
Elbe Germanic languages → distinctFrom → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Icelandic → subfamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Norn → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Standard Icelandic → languageSubbranch → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Trøndersk dialect → languageFamily → North Germanic languages ⓘ
Nordic–Baltic Eight → languageUsed → North Germanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic languages
West Scandinavian languages → subclassOf → North Germanic languages ⓘ