Countries
Norway
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2948
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2039
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
dobry dzień
Thank You
takk
Dziakuj
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
god natt
Dabranač
Good Evening
god kveld
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
dobry dzień
Good Morning
god morgen
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Vær så snill
Kali laska
Sorry
unnskyld
Vybačajcie
Bye
ha det
da pabačennia
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
30,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Sogn
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
193
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Norsk
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
biélorusse
German Name
Nynorsk
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Belarusians
Origin
c. 1300 AD
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Belarusian
Language Position
1879
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
bel
ISO 639 2/B
nor
bel
ISO 639 3
nor
bel
ISO 639 6
nor
bel
Glottocode
norw1258
bela1254
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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