Languages of Norway - Norwegian

Norwegian

The most widely spoken language in Norway is Norwegian. It is a North Germanic language, closely related to Swedish and Danish, all linguistic descendants of Old Norse. Norwegian is used by some 95% of the population as a first language. The language has two separate written standards: Nynorsk ("New Norwegian", "new" in the sense of contemporary or modern) and Bokmål ("Book Language"), both of which are official.

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