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Okay.
So I've had a lot of requests for a 

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video on the North Germanic languages.
So today I present to you a video on 

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Swedish,
Norwegian,

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Danish,
and Finnish.

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What?

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Hello everyone.
Welcome to the Lange Focus Channel and 

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my name is Paula.
Today I'm going to talk about the north 

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Germanic languages of the Nordic nations
that includes the Scandinavian 

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languages,
Swedish,

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Danish,
and Norwegian.

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And I will also touch on the languages 
of Icelandic and federal wheeze.

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I wanted to call this video at the 
Scandinavian languages because I just 

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love the way that word sounds 
Scandinavian,

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but to the people of that region.
The word Scandinavian only refers to 

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Denmark,
Sweden,

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and Norway,
and not to the other countries that I 

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want to talk about.
So if I say the Nordic nations,

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that also includes Iceland,
the Faroe Islands,

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as well as Finland.
I want to talk about the north Germanic 

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languages spoken in all of those 
countries.

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So I decided on the title and the North 
Germanic languages of the Nordic 

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nations.
And please note that finish is not in 

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north dramatic language.
It belongs to a separate language family

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entirely.

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There are about 20 million native 
speakers of North Germanic languages,

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and that includes about 9 million 
speakers of Swedish,

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mainly in Sweden,
but also as a minority language in 

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Finland.
6 million speakers of Danish,

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mainly in Denmark,
but also as a minority language in the 

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southern less vague region of northern 
Germany and in Greenland,

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5 million speakers of Norwegian,
mainly in Norway,

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320,000
speakers of Icelandic,

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mainly in Iceland.
90,000

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speakers of feral wheeze.
About two thirds of them living in the 

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Faroe Islands and the rest of mainly in 
Denmark.

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The North Germanic languages are,
as you probably guessed,

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a branch of the dramatic language 
family.

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All dramatic language is developed from 
Proto Germanic,

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which was spoken around 500 bce.
Frodo Germanic possibly originated in 

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Scandinavia,
and different varieties of dramatic 

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began to emerge with migration.
Runic inscriptions from the second 

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century ce show us that by that time,
pro dramatic had began to separate into 

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distinct western,
eastern and northern dialects.

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The northern dialect was spoken in 
Scandinavia and is today often referred 

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to as Prato norse and became the 
ancestor of all the north Germanic 

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languages.
[inaudible] north was spoken from around

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the second century Ce to the eighth 
century ce and by the beginning of the 

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Viking era in the eighth century ce,
it had evolved into dialects that are 

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collectively referred to as old norse.
During the next few hundred years,

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vikings seafaring norse people explored 
much of Europe by sea and river 

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conquering lands and establishing 
settlements and bringing their language 

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with them.
During this time,

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old north was divided into three 
mutually intelligible dialects of old 

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east,
north,

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old west,
north and old goodness.

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All these north was spoken in Sweden and
Denmark as well as their overseas 

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settlements in Russia,
England and in Danish settlements in 

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Normandy.
Old West North was spoken in Norway as 

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well as its overseas settlements.
The two most notable where Iceland and 

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the Faroe Islands,
but also Ireland,

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Scotland,
and the isle of Man and Norwegian 

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settlements in Norman,
deep old goodness was mainly spoken on 

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the island of Gotland,
which is today part of Sweden as well as

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some overseas settlements to the east.

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These west East and goodness varieties 
of old norse gradually developed into 

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the modern north Germanic languages.
Around the 14th century CE.

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The Western branch of languages consists
of Norwegian,

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Icelandic and Pharaoh weeds as well as 
some other extinct languages.

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The eastern branch consists of Swedish 
and Danish.

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The goodness branch consists of only the
good initial language,

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which is still spoken to some extent on 
the island of Gotland,

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but these days the north dramatic 
languages are generally not thought of 

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in terms of east,
west and goodness.

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They are thought of in terms of 
continental and insular.

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The continental languages are Danish,
Swedish and Norwegian and the insular 

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languages.
Our Icelandic and Pharaoh ease.

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These categories are based on the mutual
intelligibility of the languages rather 

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than on the genetic root language that 
they come from.

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Norwegian is grouped with Swedish and 
Danish because even though Icelandic and

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Norwegian developed from the same old 
west,

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North's Norwegian is today much more 
intelligible with Swedish and Danish.

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One reason for that is the political 
union of Denmark and Norway from 1536 to

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1814 during this time,
the written Norwegian language stopped 

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being used and it was replaced by the 
written Danish language and this had a 

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big impact on the spoken dialect of 
Norwegian,

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especially the central and eastern 
dialects.

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The continental languages also underwent
a lot of influence from middle,

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low German,
which is an influence that didn't effect

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Icelandic and fairways.
The three continental languages can be 

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referred to as the Scandinavian 
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When talking about the Scandinavian 
languages,

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it's important to note that there is a 
significant amount of dialectal 

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variation within each language.
In fact,

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the three languages are made up of a 
dialect continuum.

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That means if you travel in one 
direction,

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the dialects gradually change the 
further you go.

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That means,
for example,

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that if you are a Norwegian living near 
the border with Sweden,

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you probably have an easier time 
understanding your neighbor just across 

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the border in Sweden.

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Then you do a Norwegian from the other 
side of the country.

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Even though you are supposedly speaking 
a different language from that Swedish 

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person.
This makes it kind of hard to determine 

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at what point these dialects become 
different languages or if they are in 

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fact different languages at all.
The three languages are all more or less

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intelligible depending on where the 
dialect lies on that continuum and the 

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written languages are almost entirely 
intelligible.

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Danish seems to be the odd man out with 
its complex phonology that has come to 

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be quite distinct from the written 
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Swedes and Norwegians often say that 
Danish people sound like they're 

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speaking with a potato in their mouth.
I can't actually confirm if they do 

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speak with a potato in their mouth,
so scandinavians,

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can you let me know if that's true in 
the comments down below?

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I have Danish roots,
so I'm allowed to make fun of Dan's from

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what I understand,
no regions have the easiest time 

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understanding the other two Scandinavian
languages,

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though they understand Swedish better 
than Danish.

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Swedes can generally understand or 
region,

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but they have much more trouble 
understanding Danish because of its 

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pronunciation and Danes can more or less
understand Norwegian and to a lesser 

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extent they can understand some Swedish.
From what I understand,

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Scandinavians will generally not speak 
the other person's language.

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They will speak their own language while
making an effort to understand the other

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person's speech and maybe they will slow
down and clarify things when necessary,

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but when they have significant trouble 
communicating,

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they might switch to English,
which isn't that tough for them because 

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Scandinavians are magical geniuses when 
it comes to learning English.

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In this kind of situation where you have
three closely related languages that 

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kind of blend together on a continuum,
the languages are not defined by the 

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spoken variety but rather by the 
official standard language associated 

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with that country or region.
In Denmark,

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there a standard Danish.
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in Norway there is standard Norwegian or
wait,

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no,
there they're actually two standard 

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Norwegians.

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Okay.

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That's right.
Norway actually has two official 

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standard written languages,
bulk and Nina Osc book model,

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which means book language is a Danish 
influenced standard language,

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which is very close to standard Danish 
but which uses Norwegian pronunciation 

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and knows or new Norwegian is intended 
to be a pure version of Norwegian based 

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on Norway is more conservative Western 
dialect.

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Okay.

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Which Standard Language Norwegians are 
educated in,

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depends on the region they grow up in.
But despite having two official standard

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languages,
Norwegians don't really speak them.

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Norwegians generally speak their own 
local dialect whenever they are 

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speaking,
even in formal situations and even when 

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they're speaking to people from the 
other Scandinavian countries.

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Because if this Norwegians have to get 
used to understanding a wide variety of 

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spoken dialects and that's probably part
of what makes it easier for them to 

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understand Swedish and Danish.
But that of course this is just my 

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speculation.
So native speakers,

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you can confirm or disconfirm that.
So let's take a look at the three 

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continental languages and see just how 
similar they are.

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Unfortunately,
I wasn't able to find a volunteer to 

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help me with the Danish sentences.
But let's look at Norwegian and Swedish 

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and that will give you a general idea of
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are.
I love you

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y'all.
Ed.

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Skip Day ends today.

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Okay.

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Dogs are the best pets.
Hmm Dad,

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Adam Besta who's viewed as the best 
shall indeed.

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Tomorrow I will go to Germany.

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You Marvin sky cutting this clans Emr 
Scalia draw to this client.

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The party was fun because I liked the 
music part.

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[inaudible] part is far more so for the 
Yeti Tennessee Cam.

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Okay.

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So you can probably see just how similar
these three languages are and you can 

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probably see how relatively speaking 
they are easy for English speakers to 

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learn.
They are all category one languages 

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according to the American Foreign 
Service Institute,

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which trains for their overseas 
assignments.

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None of the north dramatic languages are
amongst the most widely spoken languages

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in the world.
And people from the Nordic countries 

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generally speak excellent English.
So is it a waste of time to learn a 

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north Germanic language?
Of course not.

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If you're interested in the cultures and
the history of that region,

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then learning one of the languages could
bring you immense joy.

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And because the three Scandinavian 
languages are so similar,

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learning one of them can unlock the 
doors to the other ones,

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especially of the written languages.
And if you're an avid traveler or you 

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want to go backpacking around the world,
then you will probably meet a surprising

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number of Scandinavians and knowing 
their language or even one of the other 

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two languages will help you break the 
ice and get to know some wonderful and 

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possibly highly attractive people.

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And if you are interested in the old 
Nordic cultures,

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then you might benefit from learning 
Icelandic since written Icelandic is 

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still very similar to old norse,
so don't hesitate to start learning one 

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of the north Germanic languages,
which could be your portal into a whole 

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new world itself.
The question of the day,

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native speakers of north dramatic 
languages,

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what does your experience communicating 
with the speakers of other languages?

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Which of the other languages do you 
understand the most and how do you 

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bridge that communication gap?
We'd like to know and everyone else jump

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in and leave whatever comments you want.
Thank you for watching and have a nice,

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sure.