Norwegian language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/norwegian-language

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the language family classification?North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family
2. What is the primary geographic distribution?Norway, with diaspora communities
3. Why are there two written versions of Norwegian?After Norway gained independence, people wanted a language that felt more Norwegian. Bokmål grew from the older Danish-influenced writing, while Nynorsk was carefully built from many Norwegian dialects by Ivar Aasen.
4. Can people who speak Norwegian and Swedish understand each other?Yes, many Norwegian and Swedish dialects are very similar, so people can often understand each other easily. This is because the languages share a long history together.

Dialect Continuum: A series of dialects spoken across a geographical area where adjacent dialects are mutually intelligible.
Indo-European Language Family: A large language family native to western and southern Eurasia, including most European languages.