Cantonese and Norwegian
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Norway
National Language
China, Guangdong
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
hvordan har du det?
Good Evening
晚上好
god kveld
Good Afternoon
下午好
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
早上好
god morgen
I Love You
我爱你
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
原谅我
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Sogn
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Norsk
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Norsk
French Name
Not Available
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Not Available
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Not Available
Norwegians
Origin
17th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
no
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
nor
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
nor
ISO 639 3
No data available
nor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Cantonese and Norwegian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Norwegian Speaking population
Cantonese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Norwegian on Cantonese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Norwegian Language Codes
Cantonese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.