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Norwegian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
hallo  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
takk  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
god natt  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
god morgen  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
unnskyld  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
ha det  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Norsk  

French Name
chinois  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Han  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
nor  

ISO 639 3
zho  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
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
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Chinese and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Norwegian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Norwegian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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