10 Interesting Facts about Norwegian

5. Dialects

Norway consists of a lot of mountains and valleys, so groups of people have been isolated from other groups throughout history. That is maybe the reason why there are so many different dialects in the country. If you drive a car a few hours away from were you originally were, there is a big chance that the people in your destination will speak quite differently. Norwegian people can actually have a pretty hard time trying to understand other Norwegians speaking a different dialect. It seems that mountainous regions spur on the birth of different dialects, since the same can be seen with German in the Alpine regions in Austria and Switzerland.