Norway

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Official Name
Kingdom of Norway
Population Full

5,379,000 (2019 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
Norwegian
Literacy Rate
100% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1963), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2007), ECRML (1993), FCPNM (1999), ICCPR (1972), ILOCITP (1990), UNCRPD (2013)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Stephens 1976
Deaf Population
5,000
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Norway is 13. Of these, 12 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 7 are indigenous and 5 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 4 are institutional, 2 are developing, 2 are in trouble, and 4 are dying. Also listed are 47 unestablished languages.