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Japanese vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Japan   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Palau   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
14   
4
20   
10

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
hallo   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
takk   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
god natt   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
god morgen   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
unnskyld   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
ha det   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
Not Available   

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
日本語   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
japonais   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Japanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1185   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
nor   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Japanese and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Norwegian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Norwegian Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Norwegian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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