Comments on: An Introduction to Norwegian /introduction-to-norwegian/ All Things Norway, In English Sun, 01 Sep 2024 10:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lukas Karlsen /introduction-to-norwegian/#comment-533835 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:58:24 +0000 /?p=9689#comment-533835 Thanks for a very concise article. Unlike for instance German, French and Russian, there is no standard spoken Norwegian (although a kind of average Oslo dialect spoken in central East Norway is an unofficial standard).

Norwegian (spoken and written) is also related to Dutch and English. Many words in Norwegian and English are similar or almost identical for instance “melk” (milk), “kniv” (knife), “dør” (door), in some dialects the k before n is not pronounced just like in English. Some English words originated in Old Norwegian/Old Norse/Old Danish including get, score, sky, steak, they, window, bag.

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