nonTechnical information about ISO 639 language code non
The table below provides technical details for the Old Norse language, designated by the non code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Old Norse |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Old West NorseOld East NorseOld Gutnish |
| Related languages | IcelandicFaroeseNorwegianDanishSwedish |
| Key facts | Earliest Old Norse texts were carved in the Younger Futhark runic alphabetIt is the language of the Icelandic sagas and Eddic poetryOld Norse had four grammatical cases and three genders, making its morphology highly inflectionalMany common English words such as "sky", "egg" and "knife" derive from Old NorseMost surviving Old Norse manuscripts were copied in Iceland between the 12th and 14th centuries |
| Sample phrase | Heill, hvé gengr þér? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Old Norse language, identified by the code non, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.
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