Norwegian and Japanese
National Language
Norway
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Palau
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
hallo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
takk
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
god natt
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
god kveld
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
god morgen
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Vær så snill
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
unnskyld
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
ha det
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Hakata
Where They Speak
Sogn
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Kansai
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Norsk
Not Available
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
japonais
German Name
Nynorsk
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Japanese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
nucl1643
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Norwegian and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Japanese Speaking population
Norwegian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Norwegian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Japanese Language Codes
Norwegian and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.