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Countries

Countries

Norway
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

Norway
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, South America
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Nynorsk
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Norwegian Language Council
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

Interesting Facts

  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Swedish and Danish Languages
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

-
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2929
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

920
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Hallo

Thank You

takk
Mange tak

How Are You?

hvordan har du det?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

god natt
God nat

Good Evening

god kveld
God aften

Good Afternoon

god ettermiddag
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

god morgen
God morgen

Please

Vær så snill
Please

Sorry

unnskyld
Undskyld!

Bye

ha det
Farvel

I Love You

Jeg Elsker Deg
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

unnskyld meg
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jamtlandic
Scanian

Where They Speak

Jamtland,Harjedalen
Sweden

How Many People Speak

30,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sognamål
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Sogn
Denmark

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hallingmål-Valdris
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Hallingdal, Valdres
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

194
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Norsk
dansk

Alternative Names

Norsk
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
danois

German Name

Nynorsk
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Norwegians
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

c. 1300 AD
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
-

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Nynorsk, Bokmål
Rigsdansk

Language Position

1818
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Norwegian
Signed Danish

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

no
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nor
dan

ISO 639 2/B

nor
dan

ISO 639 3

nor
dan

ISO 639 6

nor
dan

Glottocode

norw1258
dani1284

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional

Norwegian and Danish Alphabets

Norwegian and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Norwegian and Danish. In Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Norwegian and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Norwegian and Danish languages. The Norwegian phonology consist Norwegian vowels and Norwegian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Norwegian greetings vs Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Norwegian and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Norwegian and Danish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Norwegian and Danish Speaking population

Norwegian and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Danish on Norwegian vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Danish Language Codes

Norwegian and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.