North Germanic languages
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 and the
East Germanic languages. Derived from
Proto-Norse and
Old Norse, they are spoken in
Denmark,
Norway,
Sweden, the
Faroe Islands,
Iceland and (to some extent)
Greenland, as well as by a significant Swedish minority in
Finland and by immigrant groups mainly in
North America and
Australia. The language group is often called either Scandinavian or, today, less frequently in the English language, Nordic languages. The latter term is a direct translation from "nordiska språk", most commonly used by both scholars and laymen in the
Nordic countries and is often favored by these when writing in English.
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North Germanic
Noun
1. the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
(synonym) Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic language
(hypernym) Germanic, Germanic language
(hyponym) Danish
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