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Norwegian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
hallo   

Thank You
takk   
takk   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
god natt   
god natt   

Good Evening
god kveld   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
god morgen   
god morgen   

Please
Vær så snill   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
unnskyld   
unnskyld   

Bye
ha det   
ha det   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Norsk   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
nor   

ISO 639 3
nor   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
norw1258   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Norwegian and Norwegian Language History

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

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

Norwegian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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