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Norwegian and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Norway   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
hallo   

Thank You
Merci   
takk   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
god natt   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
god morgen   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
désolé   
unnskyld   

Bye
au revoir   
ha det   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
African French   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Français   
Norsk   

French Name
français   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Französisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
nor   

ISO 639 3
fra   
nor   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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French and Norwegian Speaking population

French and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Norwegian on French vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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