Communication with other people

The Viking Alphabet

The way the Vikings communicated were very different to how we communicate now. Unlike us, we use technology, phones, computers, social media etc. Back then the Vikings used 'their' alphabet called runic, using runes and was very different to our alphabet now. Using that alphabet they communicated with other people and themselves. Not all Vikings could read and write however, they had very special saga storytellers which would write out stories about themselves to them and other people. The Vikings main languages were Norse, Swedish and Danish but, some would speak Latin or Greek. A way that the Vikings could get in contact with other people is that they would trade items.




Anglo-Saxons
Between the Vikings and Anglo Saxons they communicated with some difficulty. Although they both spoke the same language, the Vikings had different words for the same thing. Also, the Vikings had different grammatical twists of the words from Anglo Saxons meaning they didn't really understand what they were saying sometimes.
    

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