Countries
Norway
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Norway
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
god natt
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
god kveld
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
god morgen
Bonjour
Please
Vær så snill
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Sognamål
African French
Where They Speak
Sogn
Africa
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
français
Alternative Names
Norsk
Français
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
français
German Name
Nynorsk
Französisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Not Available
Origin
c. 1300 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
norw1258
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Norwegian and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and French language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs French Difficulty
The Norwegian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.