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Norwegian vs Slovene


Slovene vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

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
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
takk  
Hvala  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
god natt  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Vær så snill  
Prosim  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Oprostite  

Bye
ha det  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
slovène  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
972-1093  

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  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
slv  

ISO 639 3
nor  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
slov1268  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Norwegian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Slovene language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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