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Spanish vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Norway  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
takk  
Gracias  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
god natt  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Buenos Días  

Please
Vær så snill  
Por Favor  

Sorry
unnskyld  
triste  

Bye
ha det  
adiós  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Norsk  
Español  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
spa  

ISO 639 3
nor  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Norwegian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Spanish language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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