Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Norway
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Norway
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
takk
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
god natt
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
god morgen
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Vær så snill
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
unnskyld
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Greece
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Where They Speak
Italy
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Norsk
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Norsk
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Norwegians
Origin
1500 BC
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
norw1258
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
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
All Greek and Norwegian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Norwegian Speaking population
Greek and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Norwegian on Greek vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Norwegian Language Codes
Greek and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
