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Norwegian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Xin chào   

Thank You
takk   
Cam on   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
god natt   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Vær så snill   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
ha det   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Norsk   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
vietnamien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
vie   

ISO 639 3
nor   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Norwegian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Vietnamese language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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