ISO 639-3 · nonnon
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language
Old Norse
Old Norse is an extinct or historical language of the North Germanic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Wikidata describes it as “North Germanic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
non- Glottocode
oldn1244- Family
- Indo-European
- Centre point
- 63.42, 10.38
- Wikipedia
- 85 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
3scripts
3levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Old Norse |
|---|---|
| Also called | Old Nordic, Old Scandinavian |
| Written in | Latin script, runes, Younger Futhark |
| Grammatical cases | 4 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Old Norse yet.
family tree
From Indo-European to Old Norse
The branches above Old Norse, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Norway
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