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Mongolian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • 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
Turkish Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
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
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
hallo  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
takk  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
god natt  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
god morgen  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
unnskyld  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
ha det  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Norsk  

French Name
mongol  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
nor  

ISO 639 3
mon  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
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
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Mongolian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Norwegian language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 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 Mongolian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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