The Norwegian Language: The Savage Story of Vikings, Plagues, and Poetry

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - What is Norwegian?
0:56 - Old Norse
3:37 - Viking Writing
05:53 - Norse Poetry
07:02 - Late Middle Ages
07:40 - Modern Norwegian Dialects
09:04 - Two Ways to Write
11:33 - The Language Fight
13;26 - The Alphabet
14:59 - Vocabulary
17:58 - Grammar
19:44 - Who Speaks Norwegian?


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