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Norwegian vs Polish


Polish vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
cześć   

Thank You
takk   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
god natt   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
god kveld   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Vær så snill   
proszę   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Przepraszam   

Bye
ha det   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Norsk   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
polonais   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Polnisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Poles   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
pol   

ISO 639 3
nor   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
norw1258   
poli1260   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Polish language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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