Countries
Norway
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
-
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
hej
Thank You
takk
tacka dig
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
hur mår du
Good Night
god natt
godnatt
Good Evening
god kveld
god kväll
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
god morgen
god morgon
Please
Vær så snill
vänligen
Sorry
unnskyld
ledsen
Bye
ha det
hej då
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Dialects
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Gabon
How Many People Speak
30,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Dialects
Where They Speak
Sogn
Georgia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Dialects
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
France
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1979
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million8.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Svenska
Alternative Names
Norsk
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
suédois
German Name
Nynorsk
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
c. 1300 AD
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Swedish
Language Position
1889
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
swe
ISO 639 2/B
nor
swe
ISO 639 3
nor
swe
ISO 639 6
nor
swe
Glottocode
norw1258
swed1254
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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