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Danish is the closest language to Norwegian. In fact, some linguists classify these two languages as dialects of each other.
Swedish is slightly more different, but also very closely related. Danish and Swedish speakers will have difficulty understanding each other.
Further away is Icelandic and Faroese.
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Norwegian belongs to the north germanic branch of the indo-european language tree. It's closest relatives are swedish and danish which it's almost mutually intelligible with. Icelandic and faroese is also similar. English has also borrowed some from norwegian. German is also a bit similar. Even dutch have some small similarities.
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What languages are closest to Swedish?
Frisian is probably closest to modern English, but still largely unintelligible to an English speaker. Dutch is the second closest. All these languages are in the Germanic language family along with German, Swedish, Icelandic, and Danish.
Are norwegian and swedish latin based languages?
No, Norwegian and Swedish are North Germanic languages, also known as the Scandinavian languages (as well as Danish, Faroese and Icelandic).
What is the offcial languages of svalbard?
Norwegian.
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What is the norwegian word for wave?
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English,Norwegian,Russian, Swedish and a little danish
Can Swedes understand Norwegian?
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What languages are spoken on the Lyderia website?
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What are the different languages in Scandinavia?
Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish.
What languages are spoken in the Scandinavia region?
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