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Norwegian and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Norway  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
hallo  

Thank You
Thank you  
takk  

How Are You?
How are you?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Good Night  
god natt  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
god morgen  

Please
Please  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Sorry  
unnskyld  

Bye
Bye  
ha det  

I Love You
I love you  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Norsk  

French Name
anglais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Englisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
nor  

ISO 639 3
eng  
nor  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All English 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 English and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of English and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Norwegian Speaking population

English and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Norwegian on English vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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