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Cantonese vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好  
hallo  

Thank You
谢谢  
takk  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
晚安  
god natt  

Good Evening
晚上好  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
早上好  
god morgen  

Please
请  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
遗憾  
unnskyld  

Bye
再见  
ha det  

I Love You
我爱你  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Norsk  

French Name
Not Available  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Not Available  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
17th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
nor  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Cantonese and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Norwegian language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Norwegian Language History.

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Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Norwegian language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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