Countries
Norway
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Norway
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
takk
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
ha det
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Norsk
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
kannada
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available