språkenes
Språkenes is a grammatical form in Norwegian used to express possession relating to languages. It functions as the genitive or possessive construction for the definite plural noun språkene-ne (the languages). In practical terms, språkenes marks things that belong to or concern multiple languages, such as their history or development. The form is a standard feature of Norwegian noun inflection and is commonly found in academic writing, linguistic surveys, and descriptive texts about language.
Formation and usage: The base noun for this construction is språket eller språkene in its definite plural
Relationship to the concept of language: Språkenes does not denote a separate language or a linguistic system
See also: språk, språktrekk, språkfamilie, norsk grammatikk.