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Norwegian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Norway  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
takk  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
god natt  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Vær så snill  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
ha det  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Montenegrin  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
serbe  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Serbisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
11th Century  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
srp  

ISO 639 3
nor  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
serb1264  

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

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 Serbian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Serbian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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