Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Norway
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
hallo
Thank You
tacka dig
takk
How Are You?
hur mår du
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
godnatt
god natt
Good Evening
god kväll
god kveld
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
god morgon
god morgen
Please
vänligen
Vær så snill
Sorry
ledsen
unnskyld
Bye
hej då
ha det
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Dialects
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Gabon
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Georgia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
France
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
7919
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million5.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
Norsk
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Norsk
French Name
suédois
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Schwedisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Norwegians
Origin
13th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
8918
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sv
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
nor
ISO 639 2/B
swe
nor
ISO 639 3
swe
nor
ISO 639 6
swe
nor
Glottocode
swed1254
norw1258
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional