American Norwegian

This article is about the dialect of Norwegian. For the newspaper, see The Norwegian American. For the ethnic group, see Norwegian Americans.
American Norwegian
amerikansk norsk
Native toUnited States
RegionMidwest, West
Early forms
Latin (Norwegian alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
IETFno-US

American Norwegian (Norwegian: amerikansk norsk) is a koiné dialect of Norwegian spoken by Norwegian-Americans.

While American Norwegian is not archaic in its use of grammar, its lexicon can be described as slightly archaic.[1][2]

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  2. ^ Natvig, David. "Continuity and Change in American Norwegian". Wisconsin Languages. University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved May 22, 2023.