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Norwegian vs Czech


Czech vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Czech Republic   

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   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Institute of the Czech 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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
20   
10
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
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   
ahoj   

Thank You
takk   
děkuji   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
god natt   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
god kveld   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
god morgen   
dobré ráno   

Please
Vær så snill   
prosím   

Sorry
unnskyld   
litovat   

Bye
ha det   
sbohem   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
tchèque   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Tschechisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Czechs   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
Not Available   
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
cze   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
czec1258   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Czech Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Czech language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Czech Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Czech Difficulty

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

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