1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Norway
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Norway
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Nynorsk
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
1.9 Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Malayalam
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
god natt
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
god kveld
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
god morgen
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
Vær så snill
தயவு (Tayavu)
3.9 Sorry
unnskyld
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
ha det
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sogn
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.00 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.00 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Norsk
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
tamoul
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Norwegians
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
norw1258
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
tami1289
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology