Japanese and Norwegian
National Language
Japan
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Palau
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
hallo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
takk
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
god natt
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
god morgen
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Vær så snill
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
unnskyld
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
ha det
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Hakata
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Sogn
Dialect 3
Kansai
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
kansai
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Norsk
French Name
japonais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Japanisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Norwegians
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Japanese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
norw1258
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Norwegian Speaking population
Japanese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Norwegian on Japanese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Norwegian Language Codes
Japanese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.