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Macedonian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
26   
16
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
hallo   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
takk   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
god natt   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
god morgen   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
unnskyld   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
ha det   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Debar   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Norsk   

French Name
macédonien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional   

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Macedonian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Norwegian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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