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Greek and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Norway  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
takk  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
god natt  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Vær så snill  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
ha det  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
Not Available  
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
gre  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
norw1258  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Norwegian and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Greek Speaking population

Norwegian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Greek on Norwegian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Greek Language Codes

Norwegian and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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