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Norwegian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
takk   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
god natt   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Vær så snill   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
жал (žal)   

Bye
ha det   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
macédonien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
mac   

ISO 639 3
nor   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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

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Norwegian and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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