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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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