Countries
Norway
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Norway
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
takk
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
ha det
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Norsk
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional