Countries
Norway
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Norway
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
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.
  
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
takk
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
ha det
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Norsk
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
télougou
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Telugu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
telu1262
  
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