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Norway

Home to 5 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 3 language families.

Romani dialects in Norway

Scandoromani

also: Tavringer Romani, Traveller Romani, Rommani

A para-Romani variety spoken by Traveller communities in Sweden and Norway, combining a Romani-derived lexicon with a Scandinavian grammatical frame. It descends from the speech of Romani groups present in the region since the sixteenth century and survives today largely as an in-group vocabulary register.

Norwegian dialects in Norway

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Eastern Norwegian

also: Oslo Norwegian, Bokmål-aligned

The Oslo-area variety, the most widely heard spoken Norwegian in national broadcasting. Closely associated with Bokmål, the more Danish-influenced of the two written standards.

Western Norwegian

also: Bergen Norwegian, Vestlandsk

The Norwegian of the western fjords, centred on Bergen. The basis of much of Nynorsk, the second written Norwegian standard built from rural dialects rather than Dano-Norwegian.

Trøndersk

also: Trøndelag Norwegian

The Norwegian of Trøndelag in central Norway, around Trondheim. Distinct from both eastern and western varieties in vowel realisation and intonation.

Sami dialects in Norway

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Northern Sami

also: Davvisámegiella

The largest Sami language, spoken by the indigenous Sami people across northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The most documented and standardised of the Sami languages.