This map shows the regions
of the world where Norwegian is commonly spoken (red circle).
Norwegian descends from Old Norse. It is closely related to
Icelandic and Faroese.
It is somewhat more distantly related to Danish
and Swedish. It descends
from the North Germanic sub-branch of the Germanic branch of
Indo-European languages.
| Daniel M. Short originally created this
map and the other Indo-European language charts for his website at http://www.danshort.com/.
I reproduce these images here with the author's permission, but they are
copyrighted by Daniel Short as of 2002. These charts should not be reproduced
or reused without Mr. Short's approval. You may contact him at danshort@gte.net
for more information. These images are not public domain. |