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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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