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Norwegian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Norway   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
alo   

Thank You
takk   
multumesc   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
god natt   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
god kveld   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
god morgen   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Vær så snill   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
unnskyld   
scuze   

Bye
ha det   
La revedere   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Norsk   
Română   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Rumänisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Romanians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
rum   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Romanian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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