Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Norway
  
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 in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.