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Italian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Norway   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

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   
ciao   

Thank You
takk   
grazie   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
god natt   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
god kveld   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
god morgen   
buongiorno   

Please
Vær så snill   
Per Favore   

Sorry
unnskyld   
scusate   

Bye
ha det   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Norsk   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Italiano   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
italien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Italienisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Italians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
960 BC   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ita   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
norw1258   
ital1282   

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

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

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Norwegian and Italian Speaking population

Norwegian and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Norwegian vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Italian Language Codes

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

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