Timeline for Is there any characteristic that is unique to North Germanic languages?
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| Mar 9, 2015 at 5:14 | history | edited | user6726 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
"Languages" is not spelled "Langauges"
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| Mar 7, 2015 at 21:23 | comment | added | Alex B. | Basically, you want to know about the North Germanic isoglosses. Lass 1997 mentions four North Germanic isoglosses, e.g. postposed article, neuter in /-t/ etc. (for further details and examples see Lass 1997, esp. pp. 145-146). | |
| Mar 7, 2015 at 19:55 | answer | added | user9315 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 22:02 | comment | added | Gaston Ümlaut | @fdb I guess the question is asking what are the shared innovations that enable North Germanic to be distinguished from its siblings as a distinct genetic group. To the OP: is that right? | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 17:44 | answer | added | user8017 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 14:51 | comment | added | fdb | And what do you mean by unique? Unique as opposed to other Germanic languages? To other IE languages? To all other languages of the world? | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 12:02 | comment | added | Yellow Sky | To all of them, or just to one or two? What features do you mean? Anyway, there are tons of them. Your question is too broad, please, add details to narrow the answer set or to isolate an issue that can be answered in a few paragraphs. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 11:58 | history | asked | DisplayName | CC BY-SA 3.0 |