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Norwegian



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Countries

Countries

European Union, Ireland
Norway

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
Norway

Second Language

Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe, South America

Minority Language

United Kingdom
Nynorsk

Regulated By

Foras na Gaeilge
Norwegian Language Council

Interesting Facts

  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  • 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

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1829
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1320
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
hallo

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
takk

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
god natt

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
god kveld

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
god morgen

Please

le do thoil
Vær så snill

Sorry

Tá brón orm
unnskyld

Bye

Slán
ha det

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

Connacht
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

100,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Munster
Sogn

How Many People Speak

150,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

Ulster
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

140,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

419
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Norsk

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Norsk

French Name

irlandais moyen
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Mittelirisch
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

Irish people
Norwegians

History

Origin

c. 750
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Germanic

Branch

Goidelic
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

2518
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
nor

ISO 639 2/B

gle
nor

ISO 639 3

gle
nor

ISO 639 6

gle
nor

Glottocode

iris1253
norw1258

Linguasphere

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

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional

Irish and Norwegian Alphabets

Irish and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and Norwegian. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Irish and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and Norwegian languages. The Irish phonology consist Irish vowels and Irish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Irish greetings vs Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Irish and Norwegian Speaking population

Irish and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % 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 Irish and Norwegian on Irish vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Norwegian Language Codes

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