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Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
bonjour   
hallo   

Thank You
Merci   
takk   

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   

Sorry
désolé   
unnskyld   

Bye
au revoir   
ha det   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
30,000.00   
99+

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
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
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   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
nor   

ISO 639 3
fra   
nor   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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French and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of French vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Norwegian language. History of French 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 French and Norwegian Language History.

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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.

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