Countries
Countries
Norway
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Norway
Indonesia
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
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
29
11
Not Available
Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
6
5
2
How Many Consonants
20
10
16
6
Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4
3
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
6
Not Available
Greetings
Hello
hallo
Halo
Thank You
takk
Nuhun
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
god natt
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
god kveld
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
god morgen
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Vær så snill
Mangga
Sorry
unnskyld
Hapunten
Bye
ha det
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Punten
Dialects
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Banten
How Many People Speak
30,000.00
99+
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Sogn
Bogor
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Bandung
Total No. Of Dialects
19
17
6
6
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
99+
39.00 million
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.57 %
27
Native Speakers
5.00 million
99+
38.00 million
26
Native Name
Norsk
Not Available
Alternative Names
Norsk
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
soundanais
German Name
Nynorsk
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
History
Origin
c. 1300 AD
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
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
Sundanese
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
no
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
sun
ISO 639 2/B
nor
sun
ISO 639 3
nor
sun
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
sund1251
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-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
