Countries
Norway
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
99
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
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
Sveiki
Thank You
takk
Paldies
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
god natt
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
god kveld
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Labdien
Good Morning
god morgen
Labrīt
Please
Vær så snill
lūdzu
Sorry
unnskyld
Piedodiet!
Bye
ha det
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Livonian
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Latvia
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Sogn
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
193
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Norsk
Lettish
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
letton
German Name
Nynorsk
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Baltic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Latvian
Language Position
189
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
no
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
lav
ISO 639 2/B
nor
lav
ISO 639 3
nor
lav
ISO 639 6
nor
lav
Glottocode
norw1258
latv1249
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic