North Germanic languages

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.

Languages

• East Scandinavian
  • Danish-Swedish
    • Danish-Bokmal
      • Norwegian, Bokmål
      • Norwegian, Wisconsin
    • Danish-Riksmal
      • Danish
        • Danish
          • Danish, Sejerø
          • Early Modern Danish
        • Jutish
    • Swedish
      • Dalecarlian
        • Swedish, Elfdalian
      • Scanian
        • Scanian, Older
      • Swedish
        • Swedish, Aiboland
        • Swedish, Helsingfors
        • Swedish, Finland, Older
        • Swedish, Gamlakarleby
        • Swedish, Närpes
        • Swedish, Misiones
  • Gutnish
    • Old Gutnish
    • Modern Gutnish
• Dalecarlian¹
• West Scandinavian
  • Faroese
  • Icelandic
  • Jamtska
  • Norwegian, Nynorsk
  • Norn

Old Norse languages

This map shows the geographic distribution of Old Norse languages around AD900.

Red: Old West Norse, light-red: Old East Norse, blue: Gothic, green: other Germanic languages

Notes

1. This classification is proposed in Swedish Wikipedia