Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants.These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language and Icelandic language as well as some extinct languages constitute the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages).
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ISO 639-1 code
no nb nn
ISO 639-2 code
nor nob nno
ISO 639-3 code
nor
family
Germanic languages, North Germanic languages
language regulator or academy
Language Council of Norway, Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature
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