Scandinavian language

Scandinavian language
noun
the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Hypernyms: ↑Germanic, ↑Germanic language
Hyponyms: ↑Danish, ↑Icelandic, ↑Norwegian, ↑Swedish, ↑Faroese, ↑Faeroese

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