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Serbian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Norway   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
takk   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

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

Good Night
god natt   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Vær så snill   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
ha det   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Montenegrin   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
serbe   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Serbisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Serbs   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
srp   

ISO 639 3
nor   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
serb1264   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Norwegian and Serbian Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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