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English vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Norway   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hello   

Thank You
takk   
Thank you   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
How are you?   

Good Night
god natt   
Good Night   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Good Morning   

Please
Vær så snill   
Please   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Sorry   

Bye
ha det   
Bye   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
I love you   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
American English   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Norsk   
English   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Not Available   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
anglais   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
5th Century AD   

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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Signed English   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
eng   

ISO 639 3
nor   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
norw1258   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Norwegian and English Language History

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

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

Norwegian vs English Difficulty

The Norwegian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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