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