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Countries
Norway  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Norway  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Olá  

Thank You
takk  
obrigado  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
god natt  
boa noite  

Good Evening
god kveld  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
god morgen  
bom Dia  

Please
Vær så snill  
Por Favor  

Sorry
unnskyld  
pesaroso  

Bye
ha det  
tchau  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Norsk  
Português  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Português  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
portugais  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
por  

ISO 639 3
nor  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
port1283  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Norwegian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Portuguese language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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