Introduction
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the 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.
Old Norse languages
This map shows the geographic distribution of Old Norse languages around AD900.
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Red: Old West Norse, light-red: Old East Norse, blue: Gothic, green: other Germanic languages
Language Family Tree
Indo-European > Classical Indo-European > Germanic > Northwest Germanic > North Germanic- North Scandinavian
- East-Central Swedic
- East Swedic
- Archaic Finnish Swedish
- Estonian Swedish
- [swe] Swedish
- Early Contemporary Swedish
- Modern Gutnish
- Swedish, Aiboland
- Swedish, Degerforsmål
- Swedish, Fasternamål
- Swedish, Finland, Older
- Swedish, Gamlakarleby
- Swedish, Gammelsvenskby
- Swedish, Gotlandic
- Swedish, Helsingfors
- Swedish, Härjedalen
- Swedish, Jämtland
- Swedish, Kalix
- Swedish, Misiones
- Swedish, Nyland
- Swedish, Närpes
- Swedish, Våmhus
- Swedish, Östnyylendskå
- Dalecarlian (0 languages)
- East Swedic
- Narrow North Scandinavian
- Archaic Norrlandic
- Jamtska
- Archaic Gutnish
- East-Central Swedic
- South Scandinavian
- West Scandinavian
Languages Sorted Alphabetically
- Danish
- Danish, Sejerø
- Early Contemporary Swedish
- Early Modern Danish
- Faroese
- Icelandic
- Jutish
- Modern Gutnish
- Old Norse
- Swedish
- Swedish, Aiboland
- Swedish, Degerforsmål
- Swedish, Fasternamål
- Swedish, Finland, Older
- Swedish, Gamlakarleby
- Swedish, Gammelsvenskby
- Swedish, Gotlandic
- Swedish, Helsingfors
- Swedish, Härjedalen
- Swedish, Jämtland
- Swedish, Kalix
- Swedish, Misiones
- Swedish, Nyland
- Swedish, Närpes
- Swedish, Våmhus
- Swedish, Östnyylendskå