Countries
Norway
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Norway
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2974
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
914
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2060
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
49
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
takk
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
god natt
zoo hmo
Good Evening
god kveld
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
zoo tav su
Good Morning
god morgen
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
Vær så snill
thov
Sorry
unnskyld
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
ha det
Nyob zoo
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Laos
How Many People Speak
30,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Sogn
China
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
196
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Hmong
Alternative Names
Norsk
Mong
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
hmong
German Name
Nynorsk
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Hmong people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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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
Hmong
Language Position
1824
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
no
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
nor
hmn
ISO 639 3
nor
hmv
ISO 639 6
nor
hmn
Glottocode
norw1258
firs1234
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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