I have heard that several languages besides German
formerly practiced capitalization of all nouns. I am
trying to find more detailed information.

So far I have found that for Norwegian, "the Ministry
gave permission to not capitalise in 1877 and it seems
to have disappeared around 1907". For Danish, it was
abolished as part of a spelling reform in 1948. So far
I have been unable to find the answer for Dutch,
Icelandic, Swedish, or any of the smaller languages.
I've also read that it was very common (if not totally
standard) for a couple of centuries in English.

Also, has this ever been practiced in any non-Germanic
languages?


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