Scandinavian language
- noun
:
idioma escandinavo
- The conference will feature workshops on the Scandinavian languages and their cultural significance.
Examples
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These sites also provide invaluable opportunities for students learning Scandinavian languages.
Academic text (1995) -
Anyone here speak any of the Scandinavian languages?
Blog text (27) -
Several errors occur in Swedish and other Scandinavian languages.
Academic text (1996) -
The Scandinavian languages were heard, but more common were Italian, German, Russian, Polish, or Bohemian, he wrote.
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It also saw W as furthering the knowledge of other Scandinavian languages.
Academic text (1998) -
So are are there Norwegian or other Scandinavian language translations of Marcus Aurelius or Seneca or any of the other stock figures?
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At the same time, states such as Minnesota, with a large Scandinavian population, seldom require instruction in the Scandinavian languages or the study of Scandinavian cultures; however, elements of such heritage are often included in conventional social studies courses and community activities.
Academic text (1998) -
On Scandinavian nationalism and nineteenth-century ideas about the relation between Old English and the Scandinavian languages, see Bjork, "Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia."
Academic text (1996) -
Many students are excited to learn Scandinavian languages like Danish and Norwegian.
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She is fluent in Scandinavian languages and enjoys reading literature from Iceland and Sweden.
Synonyms
A language spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland, like Swedish or Danish
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a regular noun phrase where the meaning is compositionally derived: 'Scandinavian' (relating to Scandinavia or the North Germanic languages) + 'language' yields 'a language of Scandinavia'. The construction is cross-linguistically common and follows normal adjective/noun or modifier+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Scandinavian language comes from the name of the region, Scandinavia, a group of countries in the north of Europe where people speak similar languages such as Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese. So Scandinavian points to the place and language means speech, and together the phrase means 'a language spoken in Scandinavia'.
