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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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