Countries
Norway
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Hola
Thank You
takk
Gràcies
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Com estàs?
Good Night
god natt
Bona nit
Good Evening
god kveld
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Bona tarda
Good Morning
god morgen
Bon dia
Please
Vær så snill
Sisplau
Sorry
unnskyld
Perdó!
Bye
ha det
Adéu
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
T'estimo
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Caló
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
30,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Valencian
Where They Speak
Sogn
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
198
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million4.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
català
Alternative Names
Norsk
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
catalan; valencien
German Name
Nynorsk
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Catalan people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
1832
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Catalan
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
cat
ISO 639 2/B
nor
cat
ISO 639 3
nor
cat
ISO 639 6
nor
cat
Glottocode
norw1258
stan1289
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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