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Norwegian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
takk   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
god natt   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Vær så snill   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
жал (žal)   

Bye
ha det   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
macédonien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
mac   

ISO 639 3
nor   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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Norwegian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Macedonian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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