About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 98. Chapters: Old English, Old Norse, Old Prussian language, Coptic language, Norn language, Tocharian languages, Sudovian language, Old Church Slavonic, Vandalic language, Galindian language, Knaanic language, Gothic language, Cumbric language, Old French, Anglo-Norman language, Old Irish, Galician-Portuguese, Old Swedish, Middle High German, Tiberian vocalization, Late Middle Japanese, Langues d'oil, Old East Slavic, Early Scots, Middle Scots, Medieval Latin, Ottoman Turkish language, Yola language, Galwegian Gaelic, Mozarabic language, Tangut language, Bulgar language, Old Spanish language, Middle Persian, Middle Indo-Aryan languages, Kawi language, Old Nubian language, Curonian language, Andalusian Arabic, Khazar language, Khitan language, Classical Armenian, Middle French, Guanche language, Renaissance Latin, Lombardic language, Middle Welsh, Old Occitan, Old Welsh, Jain Prakrit, Middle Irish, Ahom language, Greenlandic Norse, Medieval Hebrew, Khwarezmian language, Old Polish language, Apabhra a, Old Saxon, Old Norwegian, Merya language, Cuman language, Muromian language, Selonian language, Karamanli Turkish language, Meshcherian language, Semigallian language, Dana-i Menog Khrat, Shauraseni language, Shayast ne-shayast, Fingalian language. Excerpt: Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300. The changing processes that distinguish Old Norse from its older form, Proto-Norse, were mostly concluded around the 8th century, and another transitional period that led up to the modern descendants of Old Norse (i.e., the modern North Germanic languages) started in the mid- to late 14th century, thereby ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute. For instance, one ca...
