Language
Old Norse
Also Known As dǫnsk tunga Old Norse speakers' own name for their language, literally "Danish tongue"; "norrœnt mál," "Northern speech," was also used.
Germanic Languages
Old Norse was the North Germanic language of Scandinavia, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Norse settlements as far afield as Normandy, Ireland and Kievan Rus, spoken from roughly the eighth to the fourteenth century across the Viking Age and into the early Middle Ages. It was first recorded in the Younger Futhark runic alphabet and later in the Latin alphabet after Christianization, and it evolved into the modern Scandinavian languages, with Icelandic and Faroese retaining its grammar most closely.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountExtinct as a distinct spoken language; evolved into the modern North Germanic (Scandinavian) languages. StatusExtinct as a distinct language, having evolved directly into the modern North Germanic languages rather than being displaced. Attested From (Year) Attested To (Year)Sources place the transition to the early modern Scandinavian languages across the 14th century; 1350 marks a conventional midpoint rather than a sharp cutoff. RegionScandinavia, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Norse settlements in Normandy, Ireland and Kievan Rus 1 Connections
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Written In
Latin Script, Scripts Adopted for Old Norse following Christianization in the 11th century, alongside continued runic use.
Source Wikipedia: Old Norse
Why this is disputed. This entity records the Elder Futhark. Old Norse proper was chiefly written in the later Younger Futhark, a reduced descendant of Elder Futhark not yet a separate entity on this atlas (see the entity request filed alongside this batch); the association is real but the direct ancestor-script link is the more precise claim once Younger Futhark exists.
Source Wikipedia: Old Norse
Sharpens the prior associated/debated-stance edge from Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark) to Old Norse now that this more precise entity exists (EntityRequest 454).
Source Wikipedia: Younger Futhark
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Old Norse
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who was the first to be called king in the Danish tongue
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evolved into the various North Germanic languages
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dǫnsk tunga 'Danish tongue'
- Written In: Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark), Writing systems section
- Written In: Latin Script, Writing systems section
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WikipediaWritten In: Younger FutharkQuote, Written In: Younger Futhark
in use from about the 9th century ... for Old Norse
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