Countries
Norway
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.