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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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