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Korean vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
hallo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
takk  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
god natt  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
god morgen  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
unnskyld  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
ha det  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Norsk  

French Name
coréen  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
nor  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
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  
Fusional  

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Korean and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Norwegian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Norwegian Language History.

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

Korean vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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