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Croatian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
hallo   

Thank You
hvala   
takk   

How Are You?
kako si   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
laku noć   
god natt   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
god morgen   

Please
molim   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Oprostite   
unnskyld   

Bye
Doviđenja   
ha det   

I Love You
Volim te   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Norsk   

French Name
croate   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
nor   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Croatian and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Norwegian Speaking population

Croatian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Norwegian on Croatian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Norwegian Language Codes

Croatian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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