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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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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  
mangngegda  

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
5,000,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
8,000,000.00  
31

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
0.07 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

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)  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
18  
16
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Ilocano Sign Language  

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
nor  
ilo  

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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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 0.07 % 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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