Norwegian

norsk

Main information

Family

Indo-European

Branch

European

Group

Germanic

Northern Germanic

Native speakers

5,308,030 (2017)

Status

National

Region

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

Characteristic

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.

Audio

Text

Fire fine hvite fisker på et fint hvitt fiskfat

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