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German and Norwegian Speaking countries

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Norway
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
71
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
Germany
Norway
1.4 Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Nynorsk
1.7 Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Norwegian Language Council
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Albanian Languages
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German vs Norwegian Countries

Comparing German vs Norwegian countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak German and Norwegian languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where German is official language is 7 whereas total number of countries where Norwegian is official language is 1

Find if German and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of German and Norwegian speaking countries will give you the presence of German and Norwegian languages in different countries. Along with German vs Norwegian countries, you can also compare German vs Norwegian.

German and Norwegian as Minority Language

In German and Norwegian speaking countries you will get the countries which have German and Norwegian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • German as minority language: Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.
  • Norwegian as minority language: Nynorsk.

If you want to compare German and Norwegian dialects, then you can go to German vs Norwegian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

German and Norwegian Regulators

German and Norwegian speaking countries provide you German and Norwegian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Council for German Orthography regulates German language.Norwegian is regulated by Norwegian Language Council. Also get to learn, German and Norwegian Language History.

German and Norwegian Continents

Thinking about German and Norwegian continents in which German and Norwegian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on German and Norwegian. Most of the German speaking countries lie in Europe. While Norwegian speaking countries lie in Europe, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of German and Norwegian languages:

German Interesting Facts:

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Norwegian 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.

The German language was derived from Albanian Languages and is similar to Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages whereas German language is similar to Swedish and Danish Languages and derived from Not Available.