Norwegian and Estonian
Countries
Norway
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Norway
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
god natt
Head ööd
Good Evening
god kveld
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Tere päevast
Good Morning
god morgen
Tere hommikust
Please
Vær så snill
Palun
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Sogn
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Norsk
Eesti keel
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
estonien
German Name
Nynorsk
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Estonians
Origin
c. 1300 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Finnic
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Estonian
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
esto1258
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Norwegian and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Estonian Speaking population
Norwegian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian on Norwegian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Estonian Language Codes
Norwegian and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
