Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Norway
National Language
China, Taiwan
Norway
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Not Available
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
takk
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
god natt
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
god morgen
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Vær så snill
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
unnskyld
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Not Available
Norsk
French Name
chinois
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Chinesisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Origin
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
norw1258
Linguasphere
79-AAA
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Norwegian Speaking population
Chinese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Norwegian on Chinese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Norwegian Language Codes
Chinese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.