East Scandinavian
E313744
East Scandinavian is a subgroup of the North Germanic languages that historically includes varieties such as Danish and Swedish, along with related regional dialects.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Scandinavian canonical | 3 |
| East Norse dialect continuum | 1 |
| East Scandinavian dialect continuum | 1 |
| East Scandinavian languages | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Germanic language subgroup
ⓘ
linguistic branch ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | primarily historical grouping in modern scholarship ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
West Nordic
ⓘ
West Scandinavian languages ⓘ
surface form:
West Scandinavian
|
| developedFrom |
Old Norse language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
Proto-Germanic ⓘ Proto-Norse ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Old East Norse ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
development of definite suffixes on nouns
ⓘ
fronting of back vowels in many varieties ⓘ loss or weakening of case inflection compared to Old Norse ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ relatively fixed SVO word order ⓘ tendency toward fixed word stress on the first syllable ⓘ use of periphrastic tense constructions ⓘ use of tonal or pitch accents in many dialects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInnovation |
development of distinct definite and indefinite noun forms
ⓘ
monophthongization of certain Old Norse diphthongs ⓘ palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels in many dialects ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Danish branch
ⓘ
East Scandinavian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
East Norse dialect continuum
Swedish branch ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenIn |
Denmark
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ southern Scandinavia ⓘ |
| includes |
Bornholmian dialect
ⓘ
Danish ⓘ Gotlandic dialect ⓘ Scanian dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Scanian dialects
Swedish ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern Danish
ⓘ
modern Swedish ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Low German
ⓘ
Middle Low German ⓘ |
| partOf |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| region |
Scandinavia
ⓘ
eastern Scandinavia ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Germanic philology
ⓘ
Scandinavian linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | North Germanic languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval period to present ⓘ |
| usedAs | historical-comparative grouping in Germanic linguistics ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Scandinavian languages
subject surface form:
Swedish language
this entity surface form:
East Norse dialect continuum
this entity surface form:
East Scandinavian dialect continuum