Thursday, March 12, 2015

Challenge 52 in 52: North Germanic language family




Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
jeg
jag
jeg
ég
eg
du
du
du
þú
han
han
han
hann
hann
hun
hon
hun
hún
hon
vi
vi
vi
við
vit
I
ni
dere
þið
tit
de
de
de
þeir (m), þær (f)
þau (n)
teir (m), tær (f), tey (n)
det, den
det, den
det, den
það, hán
tað, tann


I am taking the North Germanics in one chunk... they are kind of similar. Mostly it's a pronunciation difference, it is easier to learn to read the other languages if you know one of them, and it is sort of possible to borrow the words from one language to the other, just change the pronunciation... (not really, because there are some "false friends" there, like the very common "rolig". That can mean "funny" or "peaceful" depending on the language. I think someone said some 50-60% of the languages is the same, and that's true about most of the most common, basic words... these words are usually such that weren't changed much during the separation time :-D

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