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Galician and Norwegian


Norwegian and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
hallo   

Thank You
Grazas   
takk   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
god natt   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Bos días   
god morgen   

Please
Por favor   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
unnskyld   

Bye
Adeus   
ha det   

I Love You
Ámote   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Norsk   

French Name
galicien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
nor   

ISO 639 3
glg   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Galician and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Galician and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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