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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Norway
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Norway
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Nynorsk
1.7 Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hallo
3.2 Thank You
takk
3.3 How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
3.4 Good Night
god natt
3.5 Good Evening
god kveld
3.6 Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
3.7 Good Morning
god morgen
3.8 Please
Vær så snill
3.9 Sorry
unnskyld
3.10 Bye
ha det
3.11 I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
3.12 Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
30,000.00
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Sognamål
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sogn
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
19
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
5.00 million
Rank: 73 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
5.00 million
Rank: 67 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Norsk
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Norsk
5.3.4 French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
5.3.5 German Name
Nynorsk
5.4 Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
5.5 Ethnicity
Norwegians
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1300 AD
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
no
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nor
7.3 ISO 639 3
nor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
norw1258
7.6 Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional

Origin of Norwegian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Norwegian language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Norwegian language states that it was put to use in c. 1300 AD. The history of Norwegian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Norwegian Language History.The evolution of Norwegian language began with early forms such as Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian. Nynorsk, Bokmål is the standard form of Norwegian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Norwegian Language.

Norwegian population

Norwegian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Norwegian language. Norwegian language is spoken by 5.00 million people in the world. Most of the Norwegian population lies in the Norwegian Speaking Countries. Norwegian language is spoken as first language by 5.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Norwegian as second language. Get to know Norwegian speaking population in detail.

Norwegian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Norwegian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Norwegian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Norwegian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Norwegian language

Check out all the information about Norwegian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Norwegian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Norwegian Speaking Countries, Norwegian speaking continents and Norwegian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Norwegian countries knowing common Norwegian Greetings will help you in communicating with Norwegian people.