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
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Sogn
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
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engs
Glottocode
norw1258
stan1293
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-ABA
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.