The languages of Scandinavia seven sisters of the North / Ruth H. Sanders.

Author/creator Sanders, Ruth H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Description211 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: Dead man talking -- Prologue to history -- Gemini, the twins: Faroese and Icelandic -- East is East: heralding the birth of Danish and Swedish -- The ties that bind: Finnish is visited by Swedish -- The black death comes for Norwegian: Danish makes a house call -- Faroese emerges -- S©Łmi, language of the far North: encounters with Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish -- Epilogue: the seven sisters now and in the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017006141
ISBN9780226493893 (cloth : alk. paper)