Definition of Norwegian language

Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. Together with Swedish and  Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of mutually intelligible local and regional variants. These continental Scandinavian languages together with the insular languages Faroese, Icelandic, as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages). Faroese and Icelandic are no longer mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form, because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them.