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Cantonese and Norwegian


Norwegian and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好  
hallo  

Thank You
谢谢  
takk  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
晚安  
god natt  

Good Evening
晚上好  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
早上好  
god morgen  

Please
请  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
遗憾  
unnskyld  

Bye
再见  
ha det  

I Love You
我爱你  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Norsk  

French Name
Not Available  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Not Available  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
17th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
nor  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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All Cantonese and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Norwegian Speaking population

Cantonese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Norwegian on Cantonese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Norwegian Language Codes

Cantonese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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