Countries
Norway
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
Norway
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Not Available
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
god natt
God nat
Good Evening
god kveld
God aften
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
god morgen
God morgen
Please
Vær så snill
Please
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Scanian
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Sweden
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Sogn
Denmark
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Island of Bornholm
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Alternative Names
Norsk
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
danois
German Name
Nynorsk
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Danish people or Danes
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Danish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
dani1284
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Norwegian and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Danish Speaking population
Norwegian and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available. 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 Danish on Norwegian vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Danish Language Codes
Norwegian and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.