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Norwegian and Konkani


Konkani and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
takk  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
god natt  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Vær så snill  
Chike  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Maf kor  

Bye
ha det  
Adeus  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
konkani  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Konkani  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

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  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
kok  

ISO 639 3
nor  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
goan1235  

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  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

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Norwegian and Konkani Speaking population

Norwegian and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Norwegian vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Konkani Language Codes

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

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