Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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.
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2529
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
hallo
Thank You
Hvala
takk
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Lahko noč
god natt
Good Evening
Dober večer
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
god morgen
Please
Prosim
Vær så snill
Sorry
Oprostite
unnskyld
Bye
Nasvidenje
ha det
I Love You
Ljubim te
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Oprostite
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
80,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Italy
Sogn
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4819
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
Norsk
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Norsk
French Name
slovène
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Slowenisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Norwegians
Origin
972-1093
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Slovene
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
2818
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sl
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
nor
ISO 639 2/B
slv
nor
ISO 639 3
slv
nor
ISO 639 6
slv
nor
Glottocode
slov1268
norw1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional