Countries
Countries
Norway
India
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Norway
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
29
11
30
12
Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
6
6
3
How Many Consonants
20
10
21
11
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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
Henda ho
Thank You
takk
Adi Johar
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
god natt
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
god kveld
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Not Available
Good Morning
god morgen
Boge Setak’
Please
Vær så snill
Not Available
Sorry
unnskyld
Not Available
Bye
ha det
Not Available
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Not Available
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Not Available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Mahali
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
India
How Many People Speak
30,000.00
99+
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Not present
Where They Speak
Sogn
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Not present
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
19
17
1
1
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
99+
6.30 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
5.00 million
99+
6.30 million
99+
Native Name
Norsk
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Norsk
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
santal
German Name
Nynorsk
Santali
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
c. 1300 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
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
Santali
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
no
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
sat
ISO 639 2/B
nor
sat
ISO 639 3
nor
sat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
sant1410
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
