The Languages of Scandinavia: Seven Sisters of the North
Ruth H. Sanders
Abstract
Five Germanic languages--Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Faroese--along with two Finno-Ugric languages--Finnish and Sami--have lived in neighboring territory in the North for millennia. Though the first five languages belong to a different linguistic family than the second two, their long life together has influenced them all in sometimes surprising ways. This book investigates archaeological, cultural, and genetic evidence from deep history, beginning in the immediate post-Ice Age, to reveal where the languages and their speakers came from. The book's focus is on the crucial inters ... More
Keywords: Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Sami
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 | Print ISBN-13: 9780226493893 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: May 2018 | DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226493923.001.0001 |
