Norway

Norwegian

[nor] 1 (National). De facto national language. 5,190,000 in Norway (2017). Total users in all countries: 5,307,770.

Saami, North

[sme] 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Sami Administrative District (1987, Sami Act, No. 12, Article 3). 20,000 in Norway (Laakso et al 2013). Ethnic population: 30,000 (1995 M. Krauss). Total users in all countries: 25,700.

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 4,660,600 in Norway, all users. L1 users: 30,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 4,630,000 (2019).

French

[fra] 4 (Educational). 162,500 in Norway, all users. L1 users: 16,500 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 146,000 (2018).

5 (Dispersed)

Romani, Vlax

[rmy] 5* (Dispersed). 500 in Norway (Johnstone 1993). Ethnic population: 3,500.

5 (Developing)

Norwegian Sign Language

[nsl] 5 (Developing). 5,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated, assuming 0.1% of the total population. Other estimates vary: 2,500 sign language users (2021 EUD); 4,000 (Van Cleve 1986); 5,000 (2010 Norwegian Association of the Deaf); 22,000 deaf (2014 IMB).

6b (Threatened)

Saami, Lule

[smj] 6b (Threatened). 500 in Norway (Krauss 1992). 1,000–2,000 speakers in Norway and Sweden (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1995 M. Krauss).

Saami, South

[sma] 6b (Threatened). 300 in Norway (Krauss 1992). Ethnic population: 600.

8a (Moribund)

Finnish, Kven

[fkv] 8a (Moribund). 1,500 (Laakso et al 2013).

Norwegian, Traveller

[rmg] 8a (Moribund). 100 (Carling et al 2014).

8b (Nearly extinct)

Saami, Pite

[sje] 8b (Nearly extinct).

9 (Dormant)

Saami, Ume

[sju] 9 (Dormant). No known L1 speakers in Norway (Salminen 2007).

10 (Extinct)

Saami, Skolt

[sms] 10 (Extinct). No known L1 speakers in Norway.

Unestablished

Albanian, Gheg

[aln] Unestablished. 16,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Amharic

[amh] Unestablished. 12,400 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken

[acm] Unestablished. 13,500 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, Moroccan Spoken

[ary] Unestablished. 10,900 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 41,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

[ayp] Unestablished. 7,630 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, South Levantine Spoken

[ajp] Unestablished. 5,360 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Arabic, Sudanese Spoken

[apd] Unestablished. 6,350 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Bosnian

[bos] Unestablished. 18,700 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Bulgarian

[bul] Unestablished. 8,430 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Burmese

[mya] Unestablished. 4,220 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Chinese, Mandarin

[cmn] Unestablished. 13,300 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Croatian

[hrv] Unestablished. 6,320 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Czech

[ces] Unestablished. 2,590 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Danish

[dan] Unestablished. 20,800 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Dutch

[nld] Unestablished. 9,100 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Estonian, Standard

[ekk] Unestablished. 5,250 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Finnish

[fin] Unestablished. 7,370 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

German, Standard

[deu] Unestablished. 30,200 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 3,730 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Hungarian

[hun] Unestablished. 4,800 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Icelandic

[isl] Unestablished. 7,930 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 5,400 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Korean

[kor] Unestablished. 7,670 in Norway (2019 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs), based on nationality.

Kurdish, Northern

[kmr] Unestablished. 5,830 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Latvian, Standard

[lvs] Unestablished. 12,900 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Lithuanian

[lit] Unestablished. 48,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Macedonian

[mkd] Unestablished. 4,550 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Nepali

[npi] Unestablished. 2,640 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Persian, Iranian

[pes] Unestablished. 23,800 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Polish

[pol] Unestablished. 117,000 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Portuguese

[por] Unestablished. 10,700 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Romanian

[ron] Unestablished. 20,100 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 22,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Serbian

[srp] Unestablished. 9,290 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Sinhala

[sin] Unestablished. 15,800 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Slovak

[slk] Unestablished. 4,320 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Somali

[som] Unestablished. 43,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 51,300 in Norway, all users. L1 users: 27,300 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality. L2 users: 24,000 (Instituto Cervantes 2019).

Swedish

[swe] Unestablished. 39,000 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Tagalog

[tgl] Unestablished. 26,300 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Thai

[tha] Unestablished. 22,700 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Tigrigna

[tir] Unestablished. 30,200 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Turkish

[tur] Unestablished. 18,600 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Ukrainian

[ukr] Unestablished. 7,240 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Urdu

[urd] Unestablished. 39,300 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Vietnamese

[vie] Unestablished. 23,800 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

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