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The birth and development of Scandinavian languages

The Scandinavian languages of this paper are Swedish and Norwegian. Island, Denmark Finland and Baltic states have words that are similar but because of influence from neighbouring countries or no influence their languages have developed differently than Norwegian and Swedish.
A Norwegian can understand Danish and speak own language when communicating. However a Norwegian understands a Swede better. This is because of the Danish connection to Germanic land mass and the influence from them.

Both Norwegian and Swedish are similar and have the origin in the early settlements in the middle of Sweden connecting Norway and Stockholm, Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.
The languages now spoken in Scandinavia developed form the old Norse language. The Norse language do not differ greatly from now what are Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The reign of Viking kingdoms early was concentrated to Norway coast and the archipelago of......

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