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 Indonesian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch while the standard dialect is Malay. When Indonesia became independent they declared Indonesian as their official language in 1945. Indonesian is spoken by 23 million people while it is the second language of 140 million people. As most Indonesians are bilingual they know more than three languages. Besides Indonesia, this language is also spoken in the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Singapore. Several dialects are spoken in various areas. The northern dialect is known as Malay while the southern dialect is most commonly spoken in Indonesia. There are regional dialects that are spoken in both north and south of Indonesia. It consists of six vowels but the sound system is similar to Malay.
