Countries
Norway
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2918
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2013
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Dia dhuit
Thank You
takk
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
god natt
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
god kveld
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
god morgen
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Vær så snill
le do thoil
Sorry
unnskyld
Tá brón orm
Bye
ha det
Slán
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Connacht
How Many People Speak
30,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Sogn
Munster
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Ulster
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
194
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million0.14 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Norsk
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
irlandais moyen
German Name
Nynorsk
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Irish people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Celtic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
1825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
gle
ISO 639 2/B
nor
gle
ISO 639 3
nor
gle
ISO 639 6
nor
gle
Glottocode
norw1258
iris1253
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional