Misty Crowell
The Language In Norway
The official language spoken in Norway is Norwegian. Norwegian is similar to northern Germanic languages, and close to Danish and Swedish. People who speak Norwegian can usually communicate with people who speak Danish and Swedish pretty easily due to how similar their languages are. There are also two official written languages, which are Bokmål (“Book Norwegian”) and Nynorsk (“New Norwegian”). Bokmål is based on Dano-Norwegian, and has been developed from written Danish. Nynorsk is based on western Norwegian dialects. Both of these written languages have equal status, however Bokmål is more widely used. About 20,000 people in Norway also have the Sámi language as their native language. Sámi is a member of the Finno-Ugric branch of languages, and its roots in Norway may extend as far back as Norwegian. Sámi has become an official language with Norwegian in some Norwegian districts. Due to the number of immigrants and refugees whose first language is not Norwegian, there are currently approximately 110 different languages represented in the Norwegian schools. English is Norway’s most important foreign language for international use, then German and French. 
Holy...cow? I didn't know there currently approximately 110 different languages.
ReplyDeleteWhich one of those languages did you hear the most when you were in Norway? Could you understand any of it? It sounds like there must have been a little bit of English around because it's the most important foreign language.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of languages! Which one would you choose to learn out of 110?
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of languages. Do all of the schools have to learn 110 languages plus English, German and French? what is the most spoken language in Norway?
ReplyDeleteWhich language was the most common there?
ReplyDeleteINTERESTING MISTYY! Haha what was your favorite language that you heard?
ReplyDeleteWow... which one would be the hardest to learn?
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