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Norwegian is a language spoken by the people of Norway mostly. This is a language that belongs to a group of which Icelandic language is a member as well. Norwegian language has close association with language of Iceland. The major languages that are spoken in Iceland apart from the Icelandic language, Norwegian is one of them. Norwegian language owes its origin to the Old Norse language. Norwegian, together with Icelandic and Faroese languages, form the North Germanic language group.
Norwegian language, though belong to the same group in which the Icelandic language belongs, has some difference from it. Previously these two languages were almost same. But later Icelandic language differed from Norwegian as the Iceland was separated from the rule of Scandinavia. As a result both these two languages developed in their own ways.
Norwegian language has its own features and distinctions. There are two written forms of the Norwegian language. These written forms are named, Bokmal and Nynorsk. These two Norwegian written forms of language were made officially accepted by the Government of Norway. However, there is an unofficial written language of Norwegian language that is called Riskmal. It is often observed that Bokmal form of the written Norwegian is used more commonly than the other written forms that are Nynorsk and Riskmal. Moreover, the percentage of Bokmal users is high near the city areas in Norway.
Norwegian language has its distinctive grammar, vocabulary and phonological systems like the Icelandic language.
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