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Japanese and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Palau  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
takk  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
god natt  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Vær så snill  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
ha det  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Norsk  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Not Available  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
japonais  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
nor  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Norwegian and Japanese Speaking population

Norwegian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Norwegian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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