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Kannada and Norwegian


Norwegian and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Norway  

Second Language
Goa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
  • 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
Telugu  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49  
29
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

How Many Consonants
35  
25
20  
10

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
hallo  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
takk  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
god natt  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
god morgen  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
unnskyld  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
ha det  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Urali  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Norsk  

French Name
kannada  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Kannada  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 450  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
31  
29
18  
16

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
nor  

ISO 639 3
kan  
nor  

ISO 639 6
kan  
nor  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Kannada and Norwegian Speaking population

Kannada and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % 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 Kannada and Norwegian on Kannada vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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