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Armenian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
20   
10

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
hallo   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
takk   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
god natt   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
god morgen   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
unnskyld   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
ha det   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Norsk   

French Name
arménien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Armenisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
nor   

ISO 639 3
hye   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
norw1258   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Armenian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Norwegian language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Armenian and Norwegian Language History.

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Armenian and Norwegian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Norwegian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Armenian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Norwegian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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