Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.
| Language | Place names | Share* | Script |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian (nor) | 4,818 | 99.5% | — |
| English (eng) | 14 | 0.3% | — |
| German (deu) | 3 | 0.1% | — |
| + 7 further languages (8 names, each under 0.05%) | |||
5,268 distinct features ·
10 languages ·
0 scripts ·
1 conventional English name
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server
(public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the
4,843 names that carry a language
code; the remaining 6,770 of
11,613 are unattributed, so these
percentages do not divide into the headline count.
Names follow the US/BGN convention.
The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.
| Source | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) | official_government | bulk_download |