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Northb> Germanicb> language

Northb> Germanic languages is any of several Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the islands west to Scandinavia.
Many dialects in Norway retain the West-Northb> Germanic features, and Nynorsk, one of the two official written languages of the country, was based partially on such dialects.
All Northb> Germanic languages are thought to be descended from Old Norse.

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/n/no/north_germanic_language.html (558 words)



Language

Frisian is a member of the Germanic family of languages, and is the closest living language related to English.
At the peak of their power, the Frisians dominated the entire Northb> sea shore, as evidenced by its former name the Mare Frisicum, or the ÒFrisian SeaÓ (Jellema).
As a minority language, Frisian has been subject to ridicule and stereotyping.

http://web.quipo.it/minola/frysk/language.htm (2529 words)



ipedia.com: Northb> Frisian language Article

Northb> Frisian Spoken in: Germany Region: Schleswig-Holstein Total speakers: 10,000 Ranking : Not in top 100 Genetic classification : Indo-European Germanicb> West Germanic Frisian Northb> Frisian Official...

http://www.ipedia.com/north_frisian_language.html (63 words)



GeoNative - Frysk - Frisian

Frisian is a Germanic language, endangered and divided in three dialects, located in non-contiguous territories in Holland and Germany.
This variety of Frisian is called Saterländisch or Saterfriesisch in German, Seeltersk or (more correct) Seelterfräisk in the local language, and Sealtersk or Sealterfrysk in standard Western Frisian.
The Northb> Frisians live in the German-Danish western coastal border area of Schleswig northb> of Husum and adjacent islands of Föhr, Amrum, Sylt, Helgoland, and the Halligen Islands.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/fries.html (589 words)



Frisian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the Northb> Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
At that time, the Frisian language was spoken along the entire southern Northb> Sea coast.
This was in part due to the occupation of its stronghold, the Dutch province of Friesland (Fryslân), in 1498, by Duke Albert of Saxony, who replaced Frisian as the language of government with Dutch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_language (1101 words)



Frisian language -- Encyclopædia Britannica

West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to Frisian, German, and Netherlandic languages.
Although Frisian was formerly spoken from what is now the province of Noord-Holland (Northb> Holland) in The Netherlands along the Northb> Sea coastal area to modern German Schleswig, including the offshore islands in this area, modern Frisian is spoken in only three small remaining areas, each with its own dialect.
It is the primary language of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various small island nations in the Caribbean Sea and...

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9035463?tocId=9035463 (735 words)



Germanicb> Languages

Gutnish is a contemporary Eastern Northb> Germanicb> language spoken on the island of Gotland.
West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



Germanicb> Languages

West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Gothic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who migrated from southern Scania (southern Sweden) to the Ukraine.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



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The Germanicb> language is believed to have Southern Scandinavia, Denmark and Northern Germany as its roots or homeland.
African kingdom in 5th century CE West Germanic: West Germanicb> languages are spoken by Germanicb> peoples of the Vandals tribe who inhabited the southwestern part of the Fatherland (from the Northb> Sea deep into Central Europe).
Although none of the East Germanicb> languages are spoken any longer, they are all believed to be similar to one another.

http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/lerc/courses/489/worldlang/german/classification.html (1533 words)



Swedish language at AllExperts

Swedish is an Indo-European language belonging to the Northb> Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages.
Cross-borrowing from other Germanicb> languages is also common, at first from Low German, the lingua franca of the Hanseatic league, later from High German.
New words are often formed by compounding, and, like many Germanicb> languages, Swedish compounds words freely and frequently.

http://experts.about.com/e/s/sw/Swedish_language.htm (5855 words)



Germanicb> Languages

East Norse is the eastern branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Denmark and Sweden and their present and former colonies.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Gothic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who migrated from southern Scania (southern Sweden) to the Ukraine.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (5855 words)



Germanicb> Languages

West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Gothic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who migrated from southern Scania (southern Sweden) to the Ukraine.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



Germanicb> Languages

West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Vandalic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who invaded Gaul, Iberia, and Africa.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



Germanicb> Languages

West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Gothic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who migrated from southern Scania (southern Sweden) to the Ukraine.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



Swedish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Swedish is an Indo-European language belonging to the Northb> Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages.
The Swedish Language Council (Svenska språknämnden) has semi-official status as such and is funded by the Swedish government, but does not attempt to enforce control of the language, as for instance the Académie française does.
Though not facing imminent extinction, such dialects have been in decline during the past century, despite the fact that they are well researched and their use is often encouraged by local authorities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language (5812 words)



Germanicb> Languages

Old Danish was an Eastern Northb> Germanicb> language, spoken in Denmark, the ancestor of New Danish and Bokmal.
Frankish is the extinct West Germanicb> language formerly spoken in Northern Gaul and the Low Countries.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



Germanicb> Languages

West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Gothic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who migrated from southern Scania (southern Sweden) to the Ukraine.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The printed forms however are claimed by some to be actually more readable when used for printing Germanicb> languages.
In these modern days Germany is surrounded by language borders, in the northb> by the Frisian and Danish; in the east Polish, Sorbian, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian; in the south Slovenian, Italian, Friulian, Ladin, and Romansh; in the west French and Dutch.
It's a member of the western group of the Germanicb> branch of the Indo-European language family and one of the world's major languages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language (4162 words)



Encyclopedia: Northb> Germanicb> language

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Gutnish is a language of the eastern branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages, spoken on the island of Gotland.
The Northb> Germanicb> languages (also Scandinavian languages or Nordic languages) is a branch of the Germanicb> languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/North-Germanic-language (1543 words)



Germanicb> Languages

West Norse is the western branch of the Northb> Germanicb> languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Gothic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who migrated from southern Scania (southern Sweden) to the Ukraine.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (3010 words)



YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Goths

The fact is that virtually all of those phonetic and grammatical features that characterize the Northb> Germanicb> languages as a separate branch of the Germanicb> language family (not to mention the features that distinguish various Norse dialects) seem to have evolved at a later stage than the one preserved in Gothic.
Gothic in turn, while being an extremely archaic form of Germanicb> in most respects, has nevertheless developed a certain number of unique features that it shares with no other Germanicb> language (see Gothic language).
The number of similarities that existed between the Gothic language and Old Gutnish, made the prominent linguist Elias WessÃ©n consider Old Gutnish to be a form of Gothic.

http://www.yourart.com/research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Goths (2988 words)



Germanicb> Languages

It diverged from common Northb> Germanicb> about 800 C. Its living descendents are Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
The West Germanicb> branch of the Germanicb> languages is spoken by the Germanicb> speaking people who occupied the southwestern part of the Germanicb> homeland.
Vandalic was the East Germanicb> language of the Germanicb> speaking people who invaded Gaul, Iberia, and Africa.

http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (2988 words)



Northb> Germanicb> languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Northb> Germanicb> languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanicb> languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanicb> languages (including English, German, and Dutch) and the East Germanicb> languages (now extinct).
The creation of Nynorsk out of western Norwegian dialects after Norway became independent of Denmark in 1814 was an attempt to make the linguistic divisions match the political ones.
Even if the language policy of Norway has been more tolerant of rural dialectal variation in formal language, the prestige dialect often refered to as "Eastern Urban Norwegian", spoken mainly in and around the Oslo-region, can be considered to be quite normative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_language (2988 words)



English language -

English is a West Germanicb> language which is the dominant language in the United Kingdom, the United States, many Commonwealth nations including Australia, Canada, Malta and other former British colonies.
The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanicb> branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
Language death caused by English has been particularly pronounced in areas such as Australia and Northb> America where speakers of indigenous languages have been displaced or absorbed by speakers of English in the process of colonisation.

http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/English_language (4738 words)



Middle Dutch: Encyclopedia topic

Brabants was the language of the area covered by the modern Dutch (Dutch: The West Germanicb> language of the Netherlands) province of Northb> Brabant (Northb> Brabant: northb> brabant (dutch: noord-brabant) is a province of the netherlands, located in...
Linguistically speaking, Middle Dutch is no more than a collective name for closely related languages or dialects which were spoken and written between about 1150 and 1500 in the present-day Dutch (Dutch: The West Germanicb> language of the Netherlands) -speaking region.
See also Diets (Diets: A prescribed selection of foods), Dutch language (Dutch language: more facts about this subject), Germanicb> languages (Germanicb> languages: A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanicb>)

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/middle_dutch (538 words)



Probert Encyclopaedia: Language (G)

The german language (Deutsch) is a Germanicb> language of Western Europe, forming the official language of Germany and Austria and of switzerland (with French and Italian) and of Luxembourg (with French) and is a widely spoken second language in Turkey and Yugoslavia.
Guanyinqiao (Western Jiarong) is a language spoken in northb> central Sichuan, along the tributaries of the Jinchuan River in the south-western tip of Maerkang County, northb>-western Jinchuan County, and south-eastern Rangtang County, China.
Gulf Arabic is a version of the Arabic language spoken in Iraq, Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/WG.HTM (538 words)



Vandals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Vandals were an East Germanicb> tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century and created a state in Northb> Africa, centered on the city of Carthage.
Very little is known about the Vandalic language which was of theEast Germanicb> linguistic branch, closely related to Gothic (known from one Bible translation), both completely extinct.
Much like the Goths earlier, the Vandals adopted Arianism, a belief that was in opposition to that of the main Trinitarian Christianity in the Roman Empire, which later grew into Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals (1296 words)



Encyclopedia: English language

English is a West Germanicb> language that originated from languages brought to Britain during the first half of the first millennium by Germanicb> settlers from various parts of northb>-west Germany.
The English language belongs to the western sub-branch of the Germanicb> branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/English-language (9747 words)



Northb> Germanicb> language - definition of Northb> Germanicb> language in Encyclopedia

A Northb> Germanicb> language is any of several Germanicb> languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the islands west of Scandinavia.
All Northb> Germanicb> languages are thought to be descended from the Old Norse language.
Note that divisions between subfamilies of Northb> Germanicb> are rarely precisely defined; most form continuous clines, with adjacent dialects being mutually intelligible and the most separated ones not.

http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/North_Germanic_language (445 words)



Norse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

West Norse, describing the modern languages of Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic within the Northb> Germanicb> language group
East Norse, describing the modern languages of Danish and Swedish within the Northb> Germanicb> language group
Old Norse language, the Germanicb> language in use from 800 A.D. to 1300 A.D. Norse art, Scandinavian art of period 400 A.D. to 1066 A.D. and sometimes of the pre-historic period 1700 B.C. to 500 B.C. This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse (213 words)

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