North Germanic

Synonyms:

Nordic, Norse, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language

Types:

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Danish

a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark

Icelandic

a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland

Norwegian

a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway

Swedish

a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland

Faeroese, Faroese

a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands

Bokmaal, Bokmal, Dano-Norwegian

book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish

Landsmaal, Landsmal, New Norwegian, Nynorsk

one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects

Type of:

Germanic, Germanic language

a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic