Languages

Norwegian

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Norwegian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/norwegian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Norwegian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/norwegian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-norwegian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Norwegian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/norwegian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

nor 1

Speaker Count

4,320,000 1

2012 estimate, native speakers.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Germanic

Source Wikipedia: Norwegian Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Norwegian Language

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

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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1. Wikipedia: Norwegian Language

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