Countries
Norway
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Halo
Thank You
takk
matur nuwun
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
piye kabare?
Good Night
god natt
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
god kveld
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
god morgen
Sugeng énjing
Please
Vær så snill
tolong
Sorry
unnskyld
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
ha det
Pamit
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Kangean
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
30,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Bawean
Where They Speak
Sogn
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
196
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Madurese
Alternative Names
Norsk
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
madourais
German Name
Nynorsk
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[madura]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Madurese
Origin
c. 1300 AD
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Madurese
Language Position
1869
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
mad
ISO 639 2/B
nor
mad
ISO 639 3
nor
mad
ISO 639 6
nor
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Glottocode
norw1258
madu1247
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
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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