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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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