Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Norway
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.