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Croatian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs 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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Croatian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Norwegian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Croatian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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