Countries
Norway
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Norway
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
takk
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
ha det
  
bye
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Norsk
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
kaza1248
  
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
  
Agglutinative