NOR ISO 639-3
Norwegian
Norsk Autonym
A language of Norway
- ISO 639
- nor
- Autonym
- Norsk
- Population
- 5,190,000 in Norway (2017). Total users in all countries: 5,296,770.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). De facto national language.
- Classification
- Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Bokmal
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; noun head final; gender (masculine/feminine/neuter); definite and indefinite articles; passives (active, middle, passive); comparatives; 24 consonants, 12 vowels, 5 diphthongs; 2 pitch contours; stress on first syllable.
- Language Use
- Most also use English [eng].
- Language Development
- Fully developed. Bible: 1904–1985.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Norwegian
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Norwegian has 2 written standards, both of which are assigned codes in the ISO 639-3 standard: Bokmål Norwegian (nob) and Nynorsk Norwegian (nno). Bokmål differs from Nynorsk in numerous details in the lexicon, morphosyntax and the use of diphthongs versus single vowels. These written norms have neither a precise geographical delineation nor a direct correspondence with spoken dialects, although Nynorsk is closer to the western dialects and is more in use in western Norway. The written norms are grammatically and lexically very similar. Nynorsk, used by a minority of Norwegians, can be classified as West Scandinavian; Bokmål, the written standard of the majority of the population, tends towards East Scandinavian. Thus, Norwegian draws lexicon and syntax from both West Scandinavian and East Scandinavian speech varieties.
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- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
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Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
2,900 in Australia (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
4,620 in Canada (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
6,620 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Denmark
Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
15,700 in Denmark (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Russian Federation
Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
4,930 in Russian Federation (2012 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
32,600 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Norwegian
User Population
39,400 in United States (2015 census).
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