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German and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Norway   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
hallo   

Thank You
takk   
Danke   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
god natt   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
god kveld   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
god morgen   
guten Morgen   

Please
Vær så snill   
bitte   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Verzeihung   

Bye
ha det   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Norsk   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
allemand   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Deutsch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Signed German   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ger   

ISO 639 3
nor   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
norw1258   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Norwegian and German Speaking population

Norwegian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Norwegian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and German Language Codes

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

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