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Konkani and Norwegian


Norwegian and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
hallo  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
takk  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
god natt  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
god morgen  

Please
Chike  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Maf kor  
unnskyld  

Bye
Adeus  
ha det  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
-  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
-  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Norsk  

French Name
konkani  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Konkani  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
23  
21
18  
16

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
nor  

ISO 639 3
kok  
nor  

ISO 639 6
kok  
nor  

Glottocode
goan1235  
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-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Konkani and Norwegian Speaking population

Konkani and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Norwegian on Konkani vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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