Uttale (Pronounciation)

Norsk follows short vowel and long vowel rule.
short vowel when followed by double consonant and long vowel when followed by single consonant.

Takk (thank you)	Tak (roof)
Penn (Pen)	Pen (Pretty)
Bilde (Picture)	Bil (Car)
Stille (quiet)	stil (style)

Sounds

pattern	sound (IPA)	Hindi/English approx	Examples
sj, ski, skj, sky	ʃ	काश kāś shoe	Sjelden , skip , skjule , skyte
Ky, ki, kj	ç	????	Kyst , kiske , kjøre
Ng	ŋ	रंग raṅg bang	Mange , Lang

pattern	effect	Examples
words ending with -lig	g is silent	Vanlig , merlelig
G and H in front of J	G,H is silent	Gjelder , hjul
H in words starting with hv-	h is silent	hvem, hva, hvor, hvorfor
words ending with -d	d is silent	Bord , råd til
Usually after long vowels -l and -n	sounds like double consonants	kald -> kall , rund -> runn

The Norwegian vowels:

Norwegian has nine vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y, æ, ø and å. credit/ref

Vowel	Sound
a	like a in the English word father. before -ll, like the words ball and alle
e	like in the English words send and very. sometime like the letter æ. (i.e. er, her ). e is pronounced as i in de
i	The letter i is always pronounced as English ee in sleep.
o	/o/ round your lips like when you whistle and pull your tongue as far back as you can. sometimes pronounced like /å/ (for example komme, over).
u	round your lips like when you whistle and say an /i/ with your lips rounded. You can practise this with the English word sleep. If you say this with the lips rounded, the ee will the be replaced by a perfect /u/ sometimes pronounced /o/ (ie ung, dum)
æ	a mix between /a/ and /e/. To produce this sound, open your mouth wide open – pretend you try to eat a hamburger in one bite! – while saying /e/
ø	/ø/ is an /e/ with rounded lips. The tongue in the same position as when you say /e/, and your lips should be rounded. The opening between the lips should be too big to whistle. Make sure to push your tongue forward as for the /e/. If tongue slides back, you will end up with an /å/
å	å is always pronounced like the letter o in English, you will find this sound in the word song.