Countries
Norway
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Norway
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
takk
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
god natt
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
god kveld
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
god morgen
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Vær så snill
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
unnskyld
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Sogn
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Yue
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Norsk
Not Available
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
chinois
German Name
Nynorsk
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
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Origin
c. 1300 AD
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
norw1258
sini1245
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Norwegian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Chinese Speaking population
Norwegian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Norwegian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Chinese Language Codes
Norwegian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.