Countries
Norway
China, Mongolia
National Language
Norway
China, Mongolia
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
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
hallo
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
takk
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
god natt
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
god kveld
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
god morgen
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Vær så snill
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
unnskyld
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
ha det
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Sogn
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
Norsk
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Norsk
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French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
mongol
German Name
Nynorsk
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Norwegians
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Origin
c. 1300 AD
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Germanic
Mongolian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
norw1258
mong1331
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Norwegian and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Mongolian language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.