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Korean and Norwegian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Norway  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
takk  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

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

Good Night
god natt  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

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

Please
Vær så snill  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
ha det  
안녕 (annyeong)  

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

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Norsk  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
coréen  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Koreanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

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

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
kor  

ISO 639 3
nor  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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All Norwegian and Korean 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 Korean dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Korean Speaking population

Norwegian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Norwegian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Korean Language Codes

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

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