norTechnical information about ISO 639 language code nor
The table below provides technical details for the Norwegian language, designated by the nor code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Norwegian Native Norsk |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Eastern NorwegianWestern NorwegianTrøndersk (Central Norwegian)Northern Norwegian |
| Related languages | DanishSwedishFaroeseIcelandic |
| Key facts | Has two written standards, Bokmål and NynorskHighly mutually intelligible with Danish and SwedishDescends from Old Norse, the language of the VikingsUses the Latin alphabet plus the letters Æ, Ø and ÅEmploys a two-tone pitch accent to distinguish words |
| Sample phrase | Hei, hvordan har du det? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-10, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, CP 865, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Norwegian language, identified by the code nor, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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