Countries
Norway
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Cuba
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Bonjou
Thank You
takk
Mèsi
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
god natt
Bon nwit
Good Evening
god kveld
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
god morgen
Bon apre-midi
Please
Vær så snill
Souple
Sorry
unnskyld
Dezole
Bye
ha det
Babay
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
30,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Sogn
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Cayes
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
193
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Norsk
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Nynorsk
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Haitians
Origin
c. 1300 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Haitian Creole
Language Position
1899
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
hat
ISO 639 2/B
nor
hat
ISO 639 3
nor
hat
ISO 639 6
nor
hat
Glottocode
norw1258
hait1244
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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