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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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