Scandinavia
Abstract The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Moreover, the Faroes and Greenland belong to Denmark, and the Aland Islands to Finland, as regions with considerable self-government. Majority languages of independent states in the area are: Danish in Denmark, Finn...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1991
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195124286.003.0020 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52230278/isbn-9780195124286-book-part-20.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Moreover, the Faroes and Greenland belong to Denmark, and the Aland Islands to Finland, as regions with considerable self-government. Majority languages of independent states in the area are: Danish in Denmark, Finnish in Finland, Ice landic in Iceland, Norwegian in Norway, and Swedish in Sweden. The language of the Aland Islands is Swedish; the main language in the Faroes is Faroese, and, in Greenland, Inuit. |
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