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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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