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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Norway
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Norway
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Nynorsk
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Rank: 3 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hallo
hallo
3.2 Thank You
takk
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
god natt
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
god kveld
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
god morgen
goeie more
3.8 Please
Vær så snill
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
unnskyld
jammer
3.10 Bye
ha det
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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30,000.00
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Sognamål
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sogn
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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19
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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5.00 million
Rank: 73 (Overall)
19.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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5.00 million
Rank: 67 (Overall)
7.10 million
Rank: 58 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
10.30 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Norsk
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Norsk
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Nynorsk
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Norwegians
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1300 AD
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
no
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nor
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nor
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
nor
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
norw1258
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic

Norwegian and Afrikaans Alphabets

Norwegian and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Norwegian and Afrikaans. In Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Norwegian and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Norwegian and Afrikaans languages. The Norwegian phonology consist Norwegian vowels and Norwegian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Norwegian greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Norwegian and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Norwegian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Norwegian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Norwegian and Afrikaans on Norwegian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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