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Introduction: The Nordic languages and typology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2011

Pål Kristian Eriksen  and
Camilla Wide
Pål Kristian Eriksen
Affiliation:
Agnefestveien Rosfjord, 4580 Lyngdal, Norway. pal.k.eriksen@ntnu.no
Camilla Wide
Affiliation:
Scandinavian Languages, School of Languages and Translation Studies, 20014 University of Turku, Finland. camilla.wide@utu.fi
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The theme of this special issue is the languages of the Nordic countries and linguistic typology. By ‘the Nordic countries’ we refer to the five countries of Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Genetically, the Nordic languages are divided between the Uralic and the Indo-European language families. The Indo-European languages are represented through the North Germanic branch, and conversely the ‘homeland’ of the North Germanic branch is more or less exclusively located within the borders of the Nordic countries. The Uralic languages are represented through most of the languages of the Sami branch (from Southwest to Northeast: South Sami, Ume Sami, Pite Sami, Lule Sami, North Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami; the remaining two Sami languages, Kildin and Ter Sami, are both spoken on the Kola peninsula in Russia), and the Finnic branch, with the four closely related varieties Finnish, Karelian (Eastern Finland), Kven (Northern Norway) and Meänkieli (Northern Sweden).

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 34 , Special Issue 2: The Nordic Languages and Typology , October 2011 , pp. 75 - 82
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2011

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