Countries
Norway
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
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
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Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Dialects
Where They Speak
Sogn
Georgia
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Dialects
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
France
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)
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
norw1258
swed1254
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Norwegian and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Swedish Speaking population
Norwegian and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Norwegian vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Swedish Language Codes
Norwegian and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.