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Norwegian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Norway   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Merhaba   

Thank You
takk   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
god natt   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
god kveld   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
god morgen   
günaydın   

Please
Vær så snill   
lütfen   

Sorry
unnskyld   
üzgünüm   

Bye
ha det   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Norsk   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
turc   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Türkisch   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
tur   

ISO 639 3
nor   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Turkish language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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