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Norwegian and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ireland   
Norway   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Not Available   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
hallo   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
takk   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
god natt   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
god morgen   

Please
le do thoil   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
unnskyld   

Bye
Slán   
ha det   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Norsk   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 750   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Germanic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
nor   

ISO 639 3
gle   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
norw1258   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Irish and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Irish and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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