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
  
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 in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.