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Norwegian vs 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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Greek and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Norwegian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Norwegian Language History.

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

Greek vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Greek vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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