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Norwegian and Cebuano


Cebuano and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
-  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hoy  

Thank You
takk  
Salamat  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
god natt  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Vær så snill  
Palihug  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
ha det  
Babay  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
Norsk  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
cebuano  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
18  
16
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
nor  
ceb  

Glottocode
norw1258  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Norwegian and Cebuano 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 Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Cebuano Speaking population

Norwegian and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Norwegian vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Cebuano Language Codes

Norwegian and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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