Norwegian is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language, and forms a dialect continuum with Swedish and Danish.
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Norwegian (endonym: norsk) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties.
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4.32 million native speakers (2012)
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where it is an official language
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spoken mainly in Norway
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Norwegian is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language, and forms a dialect continuum with Swedish and Danish.
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Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: North Germanic languages (within Germanic languages).
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