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Norwegian

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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.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
nor 2
Speaker Count
4,320,000 2
2012 estimate, native speakers.
Status
Living 2
Attested From (Year)
from 1001 3
Region
Norway 2
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
Official Status
Official Language 2
Connections

In Family

Germanic, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Norwegian Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
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Found In

Europe

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: Norwegian LanguageLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Norwegian (Glottolog languoid norw1258)
GlottologEndangerment, AES status
Quote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
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2. Wikipedia: Norwegian Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    nor
  • Infobox, Speakers (Total)
    4.32 million native speakers (2012)
  • Lead section, first sentence, official status
    where it is an official language
  • Lead section, first sentence, place of use
    spoken mainly in Norway
  • In Family: Germanic, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: North Germanic languages (within Germanic languages).
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3. Omniglot: Norwegian language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotLanguage at a glance
Quote, Language at a glance
First written : 11th century AD
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