wrote:
Terje Henriksen wrote:
wrote:
Terje Henriksen wrote:

Icelandic comes from the old norwegian language, "Gammelnorsk".
They didn't change their language when the norwegian ppoulation
changed to a more danish-like during the union with Denmark.

No, Norwegian comes from the old Icelandic language that was spoken
all over the Nordic countries in the Viking times.

It was norwegians who discovered Iceland, so icelandic is a newer
version of the old Norse language or old icelandic.

Yes, and modern Norwegian is a still newer version of the old Norse
(or old Icelandic),

That can be discussed since people here do not think that modern norwegian
is a newer version of old norse. They think of them as 2 different
languages. A man talking norwegian and a man talking icelandic do not
understand each other, although by reading icelandic a norwegian can
understand some of it. The other nordic languages (danish and swedish) are
much more closer related to norwegian than icelandic or "gammelnorsk".


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Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes