Countries
Norway
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2018
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 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Moni
Thank You
takk
Zikomo
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
god natt
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
god kveld
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Masana abwino
Good Morning
god morgen
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Vær så snill
Chonde
Sorry
unnskyld
pepani
Bye
ha det
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Pepani
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
30,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Sogn
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
195
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million12.00 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
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Norsk
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Nynorsk
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Chewa people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Chewa
Language Position
1827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
nya
ISO 639 2/B
nor
nya
ISO 639 3
nor
nya
ISO 639 6
nor
nya
Glottocode
norw1258
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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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