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Norwegian and Estonian


Estonian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Tere   

Thank You
takk   
aitäh   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
god natt   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Vær så snill   
Palun   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Vabandust   

Bye
ha det   
Head aega   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Eesti keel   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
estonien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Estonians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
est   

ISO 639 3
nor   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
esto1258   

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   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Norwegian and Estonian Speaking population

Norwegian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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 Estonian on Norwegian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Estonian Language Codes

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

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