Quote Originally Posted by Kudis View Post
its all from what i've heard from friends. the geo graphical reason is that they ahve been war-torn for many centuries. Much like sweden and denmark.
Well, don't forget that "nation-states" in Europe were involved in national projects to establish a common, standardized language that could be enforced across the state. So linguistic diversity in Sweden and Denmark would have been reduced by that. Except in the far north, where the state couldn't enforce its will on the Sami.