Countries
Norway
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2921
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Salama!
Thank You
takk
Misaotra
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
god natt
Alina tsara
Good Evening
god kveld
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
god morgen
Maraina tsara
Please
Vær så snill
azafady
Sorry
unnskyld
Miala tsiny
Bye
ha det
Veloma!
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Azafady
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Merina
How Many People Speak
30,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Sogn
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
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How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
192
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Norsk
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
malgache
German Name
Nynorsk
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Malagasy people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Austronesian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
standard Malagasy
Language Position
1884
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
no
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
nor
mlg
ISO 639 3
nor
mlg
ISO 639 6
nor
mlg
Glottocode
norw1258
mala1537
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
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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