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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Norway

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Norway

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe, South America

Minority Language

South Africa
Nynorsk

Regulated By

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Norwegian Language Council

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
hallo

Thank You

Thank you
takk

How Are You?

How are you?
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Good Night
god natt

Good Evening

Good Evening
god kveld

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

Good Morning
god morgen

Please

Please
Vær så snill

Sorry

Sorry
unnskyld

Bye

Bye
ha det

I Love You

I love you
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

United States of America
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Sogn

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18819
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Norsk

Alternative Names

English
Norsk

French Name

anglais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Englisch
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

English people
Norwegians

History

Origin

5th Century AD
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

Standard English
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

318
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
nor

ISO 639 2/B

eng
nor

ISO 639 3

eng
nor

ISO 639 6

engs
nor

Glottocode

stan1293
norw1258

Linguasphere

52-ABA
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional

English and Norwegian Alphabets

English and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Norwegian. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn English and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Norwegian languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of English and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Norwegian Speaking population

English and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 English and Norwegian on English vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Norwegian Language Codes

English and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.