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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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