Questions tagged [germanic-languages]
Questions about Germanic languages (e.g. English, German, Dutch and Danish), a branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Why is Icelandic considered harder to learn for English speakers than other North Germanic languages?
Multiple sources, including this website, claim that Icelandic is a particularly difficult language to learn for native English speakers.
Of particular note, this source claims Icelandic is ...
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What is the significant difference between the Germanic language group and the Romance group? [closed]
People classify English, German and Dutch into Germanic language group and French, Spanish, Italian into the Romance language family. I learned English and the others before, but I still don't ...
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Predicting language interference between Danish and Norwegian
I am presently learning Danish, but will soon move to Norway. The languages are very similar, to the level that I can read both without ever having studied Norwegian. Norwegian pronunciation is likely ...
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