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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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