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Norwegian vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
takk  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
god natt  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
Vær så snill  
Not available  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
ha det  
Pakada  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
41,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
ilocano  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Ilokano-Sprache  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
Not Available  
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Norwegian and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Ilocano language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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