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Norwegian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Tere  

Thank You
takk  
aitäh  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
god natt  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Vær så snill  
Palun  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Vabandust  

Bye
ha det  
Head aega  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Georgia, South Estonia  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Eesti keel  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
estonien  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Estonians  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Estonian  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
est  

ISO 639 3
nor  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Norwegian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Estonian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Estonian Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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