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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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