About Norwegian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Norwegian is a North German language that is the official language in Norway. The dialect continuum of this language is similar to that of Swedish and Danish. It features local as well as regional varieties that are easy to distinguish. The native speakers are 5.32 million. This language is written in many standard forms but Nynorsk is the official one. Norwegian belongs to Indo-European and German language families. The retroflex consonants feature only in the Eastern dialect. Even the dialect of Northwestern Norwegian is quite similar to Spanish. The native speakers have a pitch accent that has two distinctive patterns just like Swedish. All the two-syllable words have identical pronunciations. As Norwegian doesn’t have accent marks it is pronounced with a simple tone.
About Dutch Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Dutch is a West Germanic language and is spoken by about 25 million people. It is the second language of almost 5 million people. A large number of the population of the Netherlands speak Dutch. About 60% of the population of Belgium are also Dutch speakers. It is the third most spoken Germanic language and is similar to English and German. It is the native language of the majority of the people of Suriname. It is the official language of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. Dutch is also spoken in the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean. Dutch is very much similar to German and English. It doesn’t use the Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker and has leveled much of its morphology. The language consists of two to three grammatical genders. Dutch has an extensive vocabulary and grammar.
