Thread: Non-native English speakers?!?
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Old 05-11-2001, 05:32 AM   #51
Sir_Tainly
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Right pair of old warriors we are ,

Still wandering off topic here so to steer us back on track I gonna ask does anyone here speak Norwegian, as in my work have had to accept Norwegian text in our program, and it seems to contain some German and some Swedish, but I've only seen a small number of words, can anyone give more information on where most Norwegian words derive from.
Norwegian, is derived from Old norwegian, norse. It is basicly as old as all the rest of the Scandinavian languages. It has some influences from Swedish and you can also find Norwegian in Icelandic.
Due to to battles in the Scandinavian all languages bare traces of each other but also from German and french since we "borrowed" some royalties from there during some tougher years.

But basicly it has developed from far back as its own language.
But you better ask a Norewegian about this, they probably would hate a Swedish wolf-fan as meself to describe their language


Norwegian, Swedish, Danish they're all the same

Well isn't that what the Tre Kronor stuff is all about?

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