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Torleiv Moren
The Germanic languages, Germanic first name Thorleif (which means ''son of Thor'') with variants Torleif (Swedish), Thorleiv/Torleiv (Norwegian) and Þorleif (Icelandic) may refer to: Torleif *Torleif Torkildsen (1892–1944), Norwegian gymnast and Olympian Torleiv *Torleiv Trondson Benkestok Norwegian nobleman (beginning of 16th century) *Torleiv Bolstad (1915–1979), Norwegian musician and Hardanger fiddle player *Torleiv Corneliussen (1890–1975), Norwegian sailor and Olympian *Torleiv Hannaas (1874–1929), Norwegian philologist *Torleiv Maseng (born 1946), Norwegian engineer *Torleiv Ole Rognum (born 1948), Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party Thorleiv *Thorleiv Røhn (1881–1963), Norwegian gymnast who won a gold medal in the team competition at the 1906 Summer Olympics Thorleif *Thorleif Andresen (born 1945), Norwegian cyclist who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics *Thorleif Christoffersen (1900–1975), Norwegian sailor who competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German language, German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch language, Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch, with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German, considered a separate collection of Standard language, unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 million native speakers and probably 6.7–10 million people who can understand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
