Norwegian and Amharic
Countries
Norway
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Norway
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Amharic-1.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
takk
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
god natt
Dehna dur
Good Evening
god kveld
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
god morgen
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Vær så snill
i'bakwon
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Gondar
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Gondar
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Sogn
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Showa
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Ethiopia
Alternative Names
Norsk
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
amharique
German Name
Nynorsk
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Amharas
Origin
c. 1300 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
norw1258
amha1245
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Norwegian and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Amharic Speaking population
Norwegian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Norwegian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Amharic Language Codes
Norwegian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.