Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Norway
National Language
France
Norway
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
god natt
Good Evening
bonsoir
god kveld
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Bonjour
god morgen
Please
S'il vous plaît
Vær så snill
I Love You
Je t'aime
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
African French
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Africa
Sogn
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
Norsk
Alternative Names
Français
Norsk
French Name
français
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Französisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Not Available
Norwegians
Origin
9th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard French
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
norw1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
French 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 French and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Norwegian language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common French Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Norwegian Difficulty
The French vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.
