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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
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
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.