Countries
Norway
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Norway
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
takk
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
ha det
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Norsk
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
late 5th century
  
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
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic