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Norwegian vs Greek


Greek vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Norway  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
takk  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
god natt  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Vær så snill  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
ha det  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
Not Available  
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
gre  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
norw1258  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Norwegian and Greek Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Greek language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Greek Difficulty

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

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