Hello all
Reading up on Danish, Norwegian and Swedish I've seen people describe these languages more as a dialect continuum as opposed to actual different languages. Obviously there are standardised versions of all these langusges, two even in the case of Norwegian, but I've even heard some speakers of the other languages have an easier time understanding each other than speakers of the same language but with greater geographical distance between them. I was wondering if any native speakers or learners of multiple of these languages could elaborate on this.
I plan on learning one of these languages in the future, probably Norwegian because it sounds best to me. Would it be a lot of extra effort to learn to understand Swedish and Danish in addition to Norwegian or is it true that they are practically different dialects of the same 'modern Norse'? Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
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