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Den stora Älgvandringen – The great moose migration (live)

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Re: Den stora Älgvandringen – The great moose migration (live)

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The interesting thing about “Algvandringen” is that you can hear “Elk wandering” in it, showing the evolutionary similarities of two Germanic languages.

Älg and Elk are really quite similar words. Ä and E are very close in swedish.

Re: Den stora Älgvandringen – The great moose migration (live)

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post #9
post #6

The interesting thing about “Algvandringen” is that you can hear “Elk wandering” in it, showing the evolutionary similarities of two Germanic languages.

Älg and Elk are really quite similar words. Ä and E are very close in swedish.

And 120 years ago Älg would have been written Elg [1].

[1] https://8sidor.se/kronika/2026/04/spraket-blev-lite-lattare/

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