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Italian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Norway  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
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
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
hallo  

Thank You
grazie  
takk  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
god natt  

Good Evening
buonasera  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
god morgen  

Please
Per Favore  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
scusate  
unnskyld  

Bye
arrivederci  
ha det  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
Not Available  

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
Not Available  

Native Name
Italiano  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Norsk  

French Name
italien  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Italienisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Italians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
27  
23
Not Available  

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ita  
nor  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Norwegian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Italian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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