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Galician vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
hallo   

Thank You
Grazas   
takk   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
god natt   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Bos días   
god morgen   

Please
Por favor   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
unnskyld   

Bye
Adeus   
ha det   

I Love You
Ámote   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Norsk   

French Name
galicien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
nor   

ISO 639 3
glg   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
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
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Galician and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Norwegian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Norwegian Language History.

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

Galician vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Galician vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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