PLS advise european bros

Also, is it true that Norway has no consistent standard dialect that people more or less can use across the country? apparently people speak in just dialects there

as opposed to standard swedish, which is very regularized, from what ive read

>>66504140
Norsk.
T.Gutten I bæreposen pt.4

>>66504216
No idea about duolingo, but in terms of just learning another language learn Norwegian. I don't think dialects are a big issue in either language, but I do know that going from Norwegian to Swedish/Danish is easier than from Swedish to any of the other, so Norwegian is more practical to pick up as a first Scandinavian language.

>>66504836
what about population/influence wise?

Sweden has a higher population than Norway, does this impact the usefulness of either language or is the effect negligible?

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>>66505042
Norwegian is the easier and the most sensible choice.
Some resources:
https://www.ntnu.edu/now
https://www.sofn.com/norwegian_culture/norwegian_language_lessons/
http://pavei-oppgaver.cappelendamm.no/

They're so similar that it really doesn't matter. Pick the one you like the most.

>>66505399
ok going with norwegian because i think "hun" sounds better as a word than "hon"

>>66505518
go for it

Norwegian is more similar to English, is simpler and is intelligible with both Danish and Swedish. But it also has dialects which are hard to understand and multiple written forms.
Swedish has twice as many speakers as Norwegian, is a little more complicated and isn't as intelligible with Danish.
Really though it doesn't matter that much, you'll be fine with either.

>>66505578
how easy would it be to kind of acquire swedish after i finish the norwegian tree?

or will i have a hard time being confused about which language is which?

>>66505727
Should be very easy. Swedish got a few more plural endings but that's about it.

>will i have a hard time being confused about which language is which?
The languages are easily distinguishable with some practice.

>>66504216
Yes, a lot of foreigners struggle to understand many of our dialects if they've only worked on courses in Standard East Norwegian. The accent, grammar and vocabulary can be noticeably different just a 30 min drive away in some parts of the country. It won't take long to master the most popular dialects though, even Norwegians struggle with understanding dialects of people from certain villages but you'll rarely come across those.

There are some clips here, but I'm not sure how easy it is to tell the difference for someone unfamiliar with the language:

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norske_dialekter
http://www.hf.ntnu.no/nos/map.php

The most useful dialects to understand aside from Standard East Norwegian are the ones used in Bergen ( http://www.hf.ntnu.no/nos/dialect.php?nosid=nos17001 ), Trondheim ( http://www.hf.ntnu.no/nos/dialect.php?nosid=nos09001 ), Stavanger ( http://www.hf.ntnu.no/nos/dialect.php?nosid=nos18003 ), Kristiansand ( http://www.hf.ntnu.no/nos/dialect.php?nosid=nos19002 ) and Tromso ( http://www.hf.ntnu.no/nos/dialect.php?nosid=nos03001 ).

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>>66504140
>thinking duolingo actually teaches ypu how to speak a language

>>66507969
What do you use?