11 Aug 2009, 10:49 am
in world languages "a few thousand" or "a few hundred" is "as good as extinct"
one apartment block can house a "a few hundred" people, to give some perspective. a BIG apartment block can house every native gaelic speaker on the planet 
norwegian is a TINY utterly insignificant language in its own, w a measly 5 million speakers. compared to that "a few thousand" is as good as nothing.
12 Aug 2009, 1:30 pm
13 Aug 2009, 6:33 am
....Mandarin Chinese(taught at school before during sophomore)
....Nihongo a.k.a. Japanese(need to learn it so that I could understand my aunt's husband,but until now,I couldn't master it..
)....Spanish
....Filipino(quite similar to spanish)
....Norwegian(just similar to a tounge twister)
You can speak Chinese but no Japanese? Pretty weird
the second one is Japanese..it's also called nihongo
I could speak it..
PS:chinese and japanese are really quite different
are you either? maybe undercoveralien thought you were one of the two, and found it strange that you spoke another idunno.
norwegian is NOT similar to a tongue twister.
it is very smooth and comfortable to listen to.
especially trøndersk, sjø.
well,i know it is not a tounge twister but because it is not my native language, I could hardly pronounce some words so it twists my tounge and could bite it sometimes...that's why I usually refer norwegian as a tounge twister
13 Aug 2009, 10:38 am
Hi guys! It's been a while since I've been on the forums, but this thread seemed interesting.
I've got norwegian as first language (and thereby automatically understand swedish and danish), and consider german my second language because I've lived in Germany for extended amounts of time. I consider english my third language.
Anna-Banana: I was always under the impression that you were danish. I'm sorry! 
ZEGH8578: No doubt the topic of languages is your field. Maybe it's because we come from such a small country that we need to learn other languages and are generally good at it?
For the scandinavians (or the ones that know scandinavian), this is a video of known norwegian humorists that make fun of the danish language. It's hysterical and I'm sorry if the rest of you don't get it:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk[/youtube]
13 Aug 2009, 10:46 am
kenjuudo, hey i had actually not completely forgotten you! that clip is awesome, and... MEEEH you and me may have an interest in languages, but MOOOOST norwegians. ask around they barely master english ever watched charterfeber?
oh and you must think of "annepande" she is danish. anne, anna.
visnofskygirl, you ACTUALLY bite your tongue? :D:D
so are all those 2nd languages. whats your 1st language, if you look asian, and japanese, chinese and filippino are 2nd?
not too many to pick from, and you look neither korean nor vietnamese (nope, dont look it at all!)
13 Aug 2009, 10:49 am
Anna-Banana: I was always under the impression that you were danish. I'm sorry!
duuuude...
actually, I thought you were English :p
that video was hilarious! they really do need help, a mass UN-sponsored speech therapy or something
13 Aug 2009, 12:36 pm
Anna-Banana: I was always under the impression that you were danish. I'm sorry!
duuuude...
actually, I thought you were English :p
that video was hilarious! they really do need help, a mass UN-sponsored speech therapy or something
btw, i noticed my weird fat old suspicious but nice polish neighbors chatting behind me today, they have that ruski/spanish ñ
DID YOU KNOW
that in all of scandinavia, you find that sound only in trondheim, and northwards? i gots it
13 Aug 2009, 1:08 pm
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14 Aug 2009, 6:38 am
Kenjuudo!! ! That wasnt yesterday! Not so fancy about WP or maybe too busy with your own life?
Nah you dont have to reply that of course, but its cool to see you!
I watched the link of yours. As I dont understand danish I had to rely on the english speaking...
He had trouble with his bike and said he had to go to the traditional danish....what?! ! I dont understand that word he said for the store he went to
And Anna Banana, are you polish? If so then you might understand ukrainian as polish and ukrainian is as close as norweighan and swedish are as I understood it
The whole point about the joke in the clip is that nobody understands what they say in that shop (not even themselves) because they speak "danish".
14 Aug 2009, 6:48 am
you dont say anna w that N do you? that sounds weird, in my head :I
we got many nasal/palatal L's
14 Aug 2009, 10:13 am
14 Aug 2009, 4:10 pm
So is it fake danish they are talking? And by the way I couldnt help thinking the milkman looked like YOU - according to your avatar
ruveyn
wow, thats an impressive list.
I can just imagine if me and my husband could speak all those languages
We keep complaining that we cant move abroad to another country as we want because we dont know any langugages...
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