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Norwegian and Swedish Speaking countries


Swedish and Norwegian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Norway   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Norway   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

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Norwegian and Swedish as Minority Language

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

  • Norwegian as minority language: Nynorsk.
  • Swedish as minority language: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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

Norwegian and Swedish Regulators

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

Norwegian and Swedish Continents

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

Norwegian Interesting Facts:

Swedish Interesting Facts:

The Norwegian language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Swedish and Danish Languages whereas Norwegian language is similar to Norwegian and Danish Language and derived from Old Norse Language.

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