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Norwegian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Norway   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
hallo   

Thank You
Danke   
takk   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
god natt   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
god morgen   

Please
bitte   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
unnskyld   

Bye
Tschüs   
ha det   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Norsk   

French Name
allemand   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Deutsch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Germans   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
nor   

ISO 639 3
deu   
nor   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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German and Norwegian Speaking population

German and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Norwegian on German vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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