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Countries

Countries

Norway
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Norway
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Nynorsk
South Africa

Regulated By

Norwegian Language Council
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Swedish and Danish Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

47
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Hello

Thank You

takk
Thank you

How Are You?

hvordan har du det?
How are you?

Good Night

god natt
Good Night

Good Evening

god kveld
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

god ettermiddag
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

god morgen
Good Morning

Please

Vær så snill
Please

Sorry

unnskyld
Sorry

Bye

ha det
Bye

I Love You

Jeg Elsker Deg
I love you

Excuse Me

unnskyld meg
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jamtlandic
American English

Where They Speak

Jamtland,Harjedalen
United States of America

How Many People Speak

30,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sognamål
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Sogn
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hallingmål-Valdris
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Hallingdal, Valdres
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

19188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Norsk
English

Alternative Names

Norsk
English

French Name

norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
anglais

German Name

Nynorsk
Englisch

Pronunciation

[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Norwegians
English people

History

Origin

c. 1300 AD
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard English

Language Position

183
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Norwegian
Signed English

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

no
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nor
eng

ISO 639 2/B

nor
eng

ISO 639 3

nor
eng

ISO 639 6

nor
engs

Glottocode

norw1258
stan1293

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Norwegian and English Alphabets

Norwegian and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Norwegian and English. In Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Norwegian and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Norwegian and English languages. The Norwegian phonology consist Norwegian vowels and Norwegian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Norwegian greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Norwegian and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Norwegian and English Speaking population

Norwegian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Norwegian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and English Language Codes

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