Countries
Norway
  
Norway
  
National Language
Norway
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Norwegian 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
takk
  
takk
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
god natt
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
god morgen
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
ha det
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Norsk
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Norsk
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Norwegian and Norwegian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Norwegian and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Norwegian language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Norwegian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Norwegian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.