Countries
Norway
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei 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
2015
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Khurumjari
Thank You
takk
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
god natt
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
god kveld
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
god morgen
Nongale haugatl
Please
Vær så snill
Chanbiduna
Sorry
unnskyld
Saobiganu
Bye
ha det
Chatcharage
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Loi
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
30,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Pangal
Where They Speak
Sogn
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
196
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Norsk
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
Meithei
German Name
Nynorsk
Meithei
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Meithei people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tibeto-Burman
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
Standard Meithei
Language Position
1838
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
no
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
mni
ISO 639 2/B
nor
mni
ISO 639 3
nor
mni
ISO 639 6
nor
mni
Glottocode
norw1258
mani1292
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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