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Here is how we speak the names of different countries in Norwegian. You will also find words used for the languages spoken in those countries. Note that we do not begin the names of the languages with a capital letter as we do in English.
| Land (Country) | Språk (Language) |
| Norge (Norway) | norsk, samisk (Norwegian, Sami) |
| Storbritannia (Great Britain) | engelsk (English) |
| USA (United States) | engelsk (English) |
| Australia (Australia) | engelsk (English) |
| Frankrike (France) | fransk (French) |
| Tyskland (Germany) | tysk (German) |
| Polen (Poland) | polsk (Polish) |
| Tyrkia (Turkey) | tyrkisk (Turkish) |
| Spania (Spain) | spansk (Spanish) |
| Peru (Peru) | spansk (Spanish) |
| Venezuela (Venezuela) | spansk (Spanish) |
| Portugal (Portugal) | portugisisk (Portugese) |
| Brasil (Brazil) | portugisisk (Portugese) |
| Mosambik (Mozambique) | portugisisk (Portugese) |
| Irak (Iraq) | arabisk (Arabic) |
| Libanon (Lebanon) | arabisk (Arabic) |
| Iran (Iran) | persisk (Persian) |
| Pakistan (Pakistan) | urdu, panjabi (Urdu, Punjabi) |
| Myanmar (Myanmar) | burmesisk, chin, karensk (Burmese, Chin, Karen) |
| Thailand (Thailand) | thai (Thai) |
| Vietnam (Vietnam) | vietnamesisk (Vietnamese) |
| Kina (China) | mandarin, kantonesisk (Mandarin, Cantonese) |
| Tanzania (Tanzania) | swahili (Swahili) |
| Somalia (Somalia) | somali (Somali) |
| Etiopia (Ethiopia) | amharisk (Amharic) |
| India (India) | engelsk, hindi (English, Hindi) |
| Hellas (Greece) | gresk (Greek) |
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No offence but you skipped Greece. Could you please add it in the list?
Hi Jason,
Added Greece as part of the list 🙂
could you add england
It’s the same – England for the others: Wales, Nord-Irland, Skottland
It’s the same – England. For the others: Wales, Nord-Irland, Skottland
You forgot:
Sweden (Sverige)
Finland (Finland)
Iceland (Island)
Denmark (Danmark)
Faroe (Føroyar)
Greenland (Grønland)
Åland (Åland)
Lapland (Lappland)
Netherlands (Nederland)
Belgium (Belgia)
Switzerland (Sveits)
Austria (østerrike)
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Ireland (Irland)
Italy (Italia)
Hungary (Ungarn)
Estonia (Estland)
Latvia (Latvia)
Lithuania (Litauen)
Vaticano (Vatikanet)
San Marino (San Marino)
Ukraine (Ukraina)
Slovenia (Slovenia)
Croatia (Kroatia)
Bosnia Herzegovina (Bosnia Hercegovina)
North Macedonia (Nord Makedonia)
Serbia & Montenegro (Serbia og Montenegro)
Czechia (Tsjekkia)
Slovakia (Slovakia)
Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Romania (Romania)
Moldova (Moldova)
Andorra (Andorra)
Monaco (Monaco)
Malta (Malta)
Cyprus (Kypros)
And a few more. But impossible to list every single one 😆