Countries
Norway
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Norway
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Nynorsk
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
god natt
goede Nacht
Good Evening
god kveld
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
goedemiddag
Good Morning
god morgen
goedemorgen
Please
Vær så snill
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
pardon
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Gronings
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Sogn
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Norsk
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Norsk
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Nynorsk
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Dutch people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Western
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
norw1258
mode1257
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Norwegian and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Dutch Speaking population
Norwegian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Norwegian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Dutch Language Codes
Norwegian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.