Countries
Norway
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2926
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2016
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
Kia ora
Thank You
takk
Laafi bala
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
god natt
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
god kveld
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Kia ora
Good Morning
god morgen
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Vær så snill
gafare
Sorry
unnskyld
gafare
Bye
ha det
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
30,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Saremde
Where They Speak
Sogn
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Taolende
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
198
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Mosse
Alternative Names
Norsk
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
moré
German Name
Nynorsk
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Mossi
Origin
c. 1300 AD
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Mossi
Language Position
1837
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
mos
ISO 639 2/B
nor
mos
ISO 639 3
nor
mos
ISO 639 6
nor
mos
Glottocode
norw1258
moss1236
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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