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Italian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Norway   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
hallo   

Thank You
grazie   
takk   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
god natt   

Good Evening
buonasera   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
god morgen   

Please
Per Favore   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
scusate   
unnskyld   

Bye
arrivederci   
ha det   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Norsk   

French Name
italien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Italienisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
960 BC   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ita   
nor   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Italian and Norwegian Speaking population

Italian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Norwegian on Italian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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