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French and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
32  
3

National Language
Norway  
France  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Africa, Canada  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Italian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
bonjour  

Thank You
takk  
Merci  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
god natt  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
god kveld  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Bonjour  

Please
Vær så snill  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
unnskyld  
désolé  

Bye
ha det  
au revoir  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,200,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
African French  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Africa  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.12 %  
17

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
Norsk  
français  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Français  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
français  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard French  

Language Position
Not Available  
13  
12

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
fre  

ISO 639 3
nor  
fra  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
fras  

Glottocode
norw1258  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Norwegian and French Speaking population

Norwegian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Norwegian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and French Language Codes

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

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