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Norwegian and Portuguese

Countries

Countries

Norway
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

Norway
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Nynorsk
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

Norwegian Language Council
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Similar To

Swedish and Danish Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2923
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

99
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2019
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Olá

Thank You

takk
obrigado

How Are You?

hvordan har du det?
Como você está?

Good Night

god natt
boa noite

Good Evening

god kveld
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

god ettermiddag
boa Tarde

Good Morning

god morgen
bom Dia

Please

Vær så snill
Por Favor

Sorry

unnskyld
pesaroso

Bye

ha det
tchau

I Love You

Jeg Elsker Deg
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

unnskyld meg
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jamtlandic
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Jamtland,Harjedalen
Brazil

How Many People Speak

30,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sognamål
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Sogn
Portugal

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hallingmål-Valdris
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

Hallingdal, Valdres
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1926
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Norsk
Português

Alternative Names

Norsk
Português

French Name

norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
portugais

German Name

Nynorsk
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Norwegians
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

c. 1300 AD
3rd Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Romance

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Nynorsk, Bokmål
Portuguese

Language Position

186
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Norwegian
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

no
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nor
por

ISO 639 2/B

nor
por

ISO 639 3

nor
por

ISO 639 6

nor
por

Glottocode

norw1258
port1283

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Norwegian and Portuguese Alphabets

Norwegian and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Norwegian and Portuguese. In Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Norwegian and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Norwegian and Portuguese languages. The Norwegian phonology consist Norwegian vowels and Norwegian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Norwegian greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Norwegian and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Norwegian and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Norwegian and Portuguese Speaking population

Norwegian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Portuguese on Norwegian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Portuguese Language Codes

Norwegian and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.