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Catalan vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Norway   

Second Language
Spain   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
hallo   

Thank You
Gràcies   
takk   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Bona nit   
god natt   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
god morgen   

Please
Sisplau   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Perdó!   
unnskyld   

Bye
Adéu   
ha det   

I Love You
T'estimo   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
Not Available   

Native Name
català   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Norsk   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
nor   

ISO 639 3
cat   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
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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Catalan and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Norwegian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Norwegian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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