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Language code: nor

Technical information about ISO 639 language code nor

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The table below provides technical details for the Norwegian language, designated by the nor code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

nor

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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