Human Geography Language Project

Norway! Hello, and welcome to Norway! In Norway we speak Norwegian; a language from the East Scandinavian Group of the Germanic Branch of the Indo-European Language Family. Norwegian originated from the Old Norse language in Scandinavia and diffused through the vikings in Ireland, Europe, Iceland, Greenland, Russia, and Newfoundland. In Norway, we love to tell folklore involving elves and witches that live in our many forests. For example, the Nisse is an elf that guards animals and plays tricks on children. Syria! Hello, and welcome to Syria! In Syria we speak Arabic; a language from the Semitic Branch of the Afro-Asiatic Language Family. Arabic originated from the Arabian Peninsula and diffused through the Arab conquests of the 7th century out of the Arabian Peninsula and into the Middle East and Northern Africa. We have a very strong connection between mother and son. A husband used to be able to divorce his wife just by saying it three times, but recently has been changed to a court process.