North Germanic

branch of the Germanic languages spoken in the Nordic countries, Estonia, Germany, and Scotland
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North Germanic is a language group[1].

North Germanic

Summary

North Germanic is a language group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of language_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (702 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • North Germanic's instance of is recorded as language group[3].
  • North Germanic's instance of is recorded as language family[4].
  • North Germanic's GND ID is recorded as 4120035-4[5].
  • North Germanic's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85117963[6].
  • North Germanic's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12649042d[7].
  • North Germanic's IdRef ID is recorded as 027399737[8].
  • North Germanic's subclass of is recorded as Germanic languages[9].
  • North Germanic's subclass of is recorded as Northwest Germanic[10].
  • North Germanic's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • North Germanic's IETF language tag is recorded as gmq[12].
  • North Germanic's Commons category is recorded as North Germanic languages[13].
  • North Germanic's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32[14].
  • North Germanic's has part is recorded as East Scandinavian[15].
  • North Germanic's has part is recorded as West Scandinavian[16].
  • North Germanic's has part is recorded as Gutnish[17].
  • North Germanic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0140kd[18].
  • North Germanic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:North Germanic languages[19].
  • North Germanic's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 439.5[20].
  • North Germanic's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 6--395[21].
  • North Germanic's ABS ASCL 2011 code is recorded as 15[22].
  • North Germanic's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • North Germanic's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • North Germanic's Glottolog code is recorded as nort3160[25].
  • North Germanic's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Scandinavian-languages[26].
  • North Germanic's topic has template is recorded as Q113673715[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for North Germanic include Jerik[28], an impact crater[29].

Why It Matters

North Germanic ranks in the top 7% of language_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (702 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Jerik[28], an impact crater[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Johshh · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Great norwegian encyclopedia id nordiske_språk
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