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Norwegian and Basque


Basque and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
France, Spain   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kaixo   

Thank You
takk   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
god natt   
Gabon   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Egun on   

Please
Vær så snill   
Mesedez   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Barkatu   

Bye
ha det   
Agur   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
France   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
basque   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Basque people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Basque   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
baq   

ISO 639 3
nor   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Norwegian and Basque Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Basque Language Codes

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

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