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Norwegian and Ilocano


Ilocano and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Philippines   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
takk   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
god natt   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
Vær så snill   
Not available   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
ha det   
Pakada   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
ilocano   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Ilokano-Sprache   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
Not Available   
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Norwegian and Ilocano Speaking population

Norwegian and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Norwegian vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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