Norwegian and Basque
Countries
Norway
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Norway
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Spanish
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
takk
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
god natt
Gabon
Good Evening
god kveld
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
god morgen
Egun on
Please
Vær så snill
Mesedez
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
France
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Souletin
Where They Speak
Sogn
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Spain
Native Name
Norsk
Euskara
Alternative Names
Norsk
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
basque
German Name
Nynorsk
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Basque people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Basque
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Basque Sign Language
Glottocode
norw1258
basq1248
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
40-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Norwegian and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Basque Speaking population
Norwegian and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Norwegian vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Basque Language Codes
Norwegian and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.