Estonian and Norwegian
Countries
Estonia, European Union
Norway
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Head ööd
god natt
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
god morgen
Please
Palun
Vær så snill
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Vabandage
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Sogn
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
Norsk
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Norsk
French Name
estonien
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Estnisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Estonians
Norwegians
Origin
13th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Germanic
Branch
Finnic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Estonian
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Estonian 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 Estonian and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Norwegian Speaking population
Estonian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available 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 Estonian and Norwegian on Estonian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Norwegian Language Codes
Estonian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.