Countries
Norway
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2924
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2017
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
takk
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
god natt
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
god kveld
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
god morgen
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Vær så snill
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
unnskyld
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
ha det
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Greece
How Many People Speak
30,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Griko
Where They Speak
Sogn
Italy
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1925
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Norsk
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Nynorsk
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Hellenic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Modern Greek
Language Position
1874
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
ell
ISO 639 2/B
nor
gre
ISO 639 3
nor
ell
ISO 639 6
nor
ells
Glottocode
norw1258
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic