Countries
Norway
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Norway
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Middle East
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Not Available
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
god natt
Şev xweş
Good Evening
god kveld
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
god morgen
Bayanit bash
Please
Vær så snill
Bê zehmet
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Sogn
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Norsk
Not Available
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
kurde
German Name
Nynorsk
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Kurds
Origin
c. 1300 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Not Available
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Norwegian and Kurdish 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 Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Kurdish Speaking population
Norwegian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Norwegian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Kurdish Language Codes
Norwegian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
