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What language family do Dutch and Scandinavian languages belong to?
Germanic language family.
Where did Germanic originate from?
Denmark.
What countries did Germanic expand to?
Norway, Sweden, and northern Germany.
Was Germanic one language or several dialects in the first millennium BC?
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Who took possession of the Netherlands south of the great rivers and established several dialectic variants of their Germanic language in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland?
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On which countries did Germanic tribes impose their regional language?
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Did the unity between the Germanic tribes and languages increase or decrease over time?
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Which West Germanic dialects are considered separate languages from the year 500 onward?
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What was the Old Dutch language a collection of?
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Were the North Germanic dialects merging into one another from the year 500 onwards?
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Study Notes
- Dutch and Scandinavian languages belong to the Germanic language family originating from Denmark.
- Germanic expanded from Denmark to Norway, Sweden, and northern Germany.
- Germanic was one language with several dialects in the first millennium BC.
- The Franks took possession of the Netherlands south of the great rivers and established several dialectic variants of their Germanic language in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
- Germanic tribes imposed their regional language on the people in Britain, Norway, and Sweden.
- The Germanic area gradually became gigantic, and the unity between the tribes and languages decreased.
- West Germanic dialects are considered separate languages from the year 500 onward: Old English, Old Frisian, Old Dutch, Old Saxon, and Old High German.
- Old Dutch was a collection of Frankish dialects with Saxon and Frisian influences.
- The North Germanic dialects were merging into one another from the year 500 onwards.
- The Vikings founded several colonies and a new language was formed in some of these.
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Test your knowledge of the Germanic language family and its evolution throughout history with this informative quiz. Explore the origins of Dutch and Scandinavian languages, as well as the expansion of the Germanic language from Denmark to Norway, Sweden, and northern Germany. Learn about the different dialects and variations that emerged over time, and how they influenced the formation of new languages such as Old English, Old Frisian, Old Dutch, Old Saxon, Old High German, and North Germanic dialects. See
