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The '''North Germanic languages''' or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the [[Germanic]] languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. | The '''North Germanic languages''' or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the [[Germanic]] languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. | ||
In a letter to Naomi Mitchison, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that: | |||
{{quote|The language of Dale and the Long Lake would, if it appeared, be represented as more or less Scandinavian in character; but it is only represented by a few names, especially those of the Dwarves that came from that region. These are all Old Norse Dwarf-names.|[[Letter 144]]}} | |||
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The North Germanic languages or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages.
In a letter to Naomi Mitchison, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that:
- "The language of Dale and the Long Lake would, if it appeared, be represented as more or less Scandinavian in character; but it is only represented by a few names, especially those of the Dwarves that came from that region. These are all Old Norse Dwarf-names."
- ― Letter 144