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Danish and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Norway  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hallo  

Thank You
takk  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
god natt  
God nat  

Good Evening
god kveld  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
god morgen  
God morgen  

Please
Vær så snill  
Please  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Undskyld!  

Bye
ha det  
Farvel  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
danois  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Dänisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
18  
16
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
dan  

ISO 639 3
nor  
dan  

ISO 639 6
nor  
dan  

Glottocode
norw1258  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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

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Norwegian and Danish Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Danish Language Codes

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

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