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Norwegian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Norway   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
hallo   

Thank You
dankjewel   
takk   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
god natt   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
god morgen   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
sorry   
unnskyld   

Bye
vaarwel   
ha det   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
pardon   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Norsk   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
nor   

ISO 639 3
nld   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Dutch and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Norwegian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Norwegian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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