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Norwegian and Albanian


Albanian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
takk   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
god natt   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
god kveld   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
god morgen   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Vær så snill   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Me fal   

Bye
ha det   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Norsk   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Not Available   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
albanais   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Albanisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Albanians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
alb   

ISO 639 3
nor   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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

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Norwegian and Albanian Speaking population

Norwegian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Norwegian and Albanian on Norwegian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Albanian Language Codes

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

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