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Norwegian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
ha det   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Griko   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

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   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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
74   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ell   
nor   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
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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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.

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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.

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