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Norwegian and Galician


Galician and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Galicia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Ola  

Thank You
takk  
Grazas  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
god natt  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Bos días  

Please
Vær så snill  
Por favor  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Síntoo!  

Bye
ha det  
Adeus  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
galicien  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Galicisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Galician people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
c. 1175  

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  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Galician  

Language Position
18  
16
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
glg  

ISO 639 3
nor  
glg  

ISO 639 6
nor  
glg  

Glottocode
norw1258  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Galician Speaking population

Norwegian and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Galician on Norwegian vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Galician Language Codes

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

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