Norwegian language

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Germanic language North Germanic language natural language

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, closely related to Danish and Swedish and featuring two official written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Norwegian	86
Norwegian Nynorsk	4
Norwegian Bokmål	3
Nynorsk	2
Bokmål	1
Norwegian (Dano-Norwegian)	1
Swedish language	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic language ⓘ North Germanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Danish language ⓘ Swedish language ⓘ
developedFrom	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse Old Norwegian ⓘ
family	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasCaseSystem	largely lost grammatical case ⓘ
hasDefiniteArticleType	postposed definite suffix ⓘ
hasDialect	Eastern Norwegian dialects ⓘ Northern Norway ⓘ surface form: Northern Norwegian dialects Southern Norwegian dialects ⓘ Trøndersk dialects ⓘ Western Norwegian dialects ⓘ
hasMutualIntelligibilityWith	Danish language ⓘ Swedish language ⓘ
hasNumberCategory	plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
hasOfficialWrittenStandard	Bokmål ⓘ Bokmål ⓘ surface form: Nynorsk
hasPhonologicalFeature	pitch accent ⓘ
hasStandardForm	Standard Østnorsk ⓘ
hasTense	past ⓘ present ⓘ
hasVariant	Høgnorsk ⓘ Riksmål ⓘ
hasWordOrder	V2 word order ⓘ
hasWritingStandard	Bokmål ⓘ Norwegian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nynorsk
influencedBy	Danish language ⓘ Low German ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	no ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	nor ⓘ
ISO639-3MacrolanguageCode	nor ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Norway ⓘ
primaryCountry	Norway ⓘ
regulatedBy	Norwegian Language Council ⓘ
spokenIn	Norway ⓘ
subfamily	North Germanic languages ⓘ
usedAsMediumOf	education in Norway ⓘ government in Norway ⓘ media in Norway ⓘ
usesGrammaticalGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ