Countries
Norway
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Norway
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
god natt
gute Nacht
Good Evening
god kveld
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
guten Tag
Good Morning
god morgen
guten Morgen
Please
Vær så snill
bitte
Sorry
unnskyld
Verzeihung
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Sogn
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Texas German
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Norsk
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
allemand
German Name
Nynorsk
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Germans
Origin
c. 1300 AD
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Western
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed German
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
norw1258
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
All Norwegian and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and German Speaking population
Norwegian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Norwegian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and German Language Codes
Norwegian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.