Countries
Norway
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Greece
Where They Speak
Sogn
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Hellenic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
norw1258
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.