Countries
Norway
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2934
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
akkam
Thank You
takk
Galatoomi
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
god natt
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
god kveld
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
god morgen
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Vær så snill
Maaloo
Sorry
unnskyld
naa dhiisi
Bye
ha det
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Borana
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
30,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Orma
Where They Speak
Sogn
Kenya
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Wata
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Kenya
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1917
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 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Norsk
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
galla
German Name
Nynorsk
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Oromos
Origin
c. 1300 AD
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
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
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
1891
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
no
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
orm
ISO 639 2/B
nor
orm
ISO 639 3
nor
orm
ISO 639 6
nor
orm
Glottocode
norw1258
nucl1736
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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