Japanese vs Norwegian
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Hakata
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Sogn
Dialect 3
Kansai
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
kansai
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
norw1258
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
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.
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.
