Countries
Norway
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2949
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
914
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2035
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
takk
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
god natt
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
god kveld
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
god morgen
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Vær så snill
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
unnskyld
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
ha det
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Badaga
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
30,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Urali
Where They Speak
Sogn
kerala
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1920
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Norsk
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
kannada
German Name
Nynorsk
Kannada
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Kannadiga
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Modern Kannada
Language Position
1831
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
kan
ISO 639 2/B
nor
kan
ISO 639 3
nor
kan
ISO 639 6
nor
kan
Glottocode
norw1258
nucl1305
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-