North Germanic languages

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Indo-European languages

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Germanic languages

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North Germanic languages

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The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages (including English, German, and Dutch) and the East Germanic languages (now extinct). They are spoken in the three Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), Finland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and to some extent Greenland as well as by immigrant groups mainly in North America and Australia. The language group is often also called either the Scandinavian or Nordic languages. The latter term is the most commonly used by both scholars and laymen in the Nordic countries and is often favored by these when writing in English.

Related Topics:
Germanic languages - Indo-European languages - West Germanic languages - English - German - Dutch - East Germanic languages - Scandinavia - Denmark - Norway - Sweden - Finland - Faroe Islands - Iceland - Greenland - North America - Australia - Nordic countries

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