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Norwegian and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Norway   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
hallo   

Thank You
obrigado   
takk   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
boa noite   
god natt   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
god morgen   

Please
Por Favor   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
pesaroso   
unnskyld   

Bye
tchau   
ha det   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Português   
Norsk   

French Name
portugais   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
nor   

ISO 639 3
por   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Portuguese and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Norwegian Speaking population

Portuguese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Norwegian on Portuguese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Norwegian Language Codes

Portuguese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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