Norwegian and Cantonese
Countries
Norway
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Norway
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Hawaii
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
你好吗？
Good Evening
god kveld
晚上好
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
下午好
Good Morning
god morgen
早上好
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
我爱你
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
原谅我
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Sogn
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Hong Kong
Native Name
Norsk
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Norsk
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
cantonais
German Name
Nynorsk
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 1300 AD
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
no
No data available
ISO 639 3
nor
No data available
Glottocode
norw1258
cant1236
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Norwegian and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Cantonese Speaking population
Norwegian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Norwegian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Cantonese Language Codes
Norwegian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.