Norwegian and Finnish Speaking countries

Norwegian and Finnish as Minority Language

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

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

Norwegian and Finnish Regulators

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

Norwegian and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Norwegian and Finnish continents in which Norwegian and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Norwegian and Finnish. Most of the Norwegian speaking countries lie in Europe, South America. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. 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 Norwegian and Finnish languages:

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.

Finnish Interesting Facts:

• Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
• In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

The Norwegian language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Swedish and Danish Languages whereas Norwegian language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.