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Norwegian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
takk   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
god natt   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Vær så snill   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
ha det   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
arménien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Armenisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Armenians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
late 5th 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   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
arm   

ISO 639 3
nor   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
arme1241   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Armenian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. 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 Norwegian and Armenian Language History.

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Norwegian and Armenian 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 Norwegian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Armenian language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Norwegian vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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