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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Language Kind Official Status Norwegian
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Norwegian (endonym: norsk [ˈnɔʂːk] , norsk språk [ˈnɔʂːk sproːk]) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language.
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1. Glottolog: Norwegian (Glottolog languoid norw1258)
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AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Norwegian Language
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Norwegian (endonym: norsk [ˈnɔʂːk], norsk språk [ˈnɔʂːk sproːk]) 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; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close.
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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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Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: North Germanic languages (within Germanic languages).
View the Source 3. WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures): Norwegian / Order of Subject, Object and Verb (WALS datapoint)
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Feature: Order of Subject, Object and Verb by Matthew S. Dryer Value: SVO
4. WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures): Norwegian / Tone (WALS datapoint)
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Feature: Tone by Ian Maddieson Value: Simple tone system
5. Effective Language Learning: Language Difficulty Ranking
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Category I: 23-24 weeks (575-600 hours) Languages closely related to English Afrikaans Danish Dutch French Italian Norwegian
6. Omniglot: Norwegian language, alphabet and pronunciation
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First written : 11th century AD
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