Countries
Norway
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Norway
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
god natt
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
god kveld
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
god morgen
Buenos Días
Please
Vær så snill
Por Favor
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Mexico
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Sogn
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
Español
Alternative Names
Norsk
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Nynorsk
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Spanish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
stan1288
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic