Countries
Norway
  
Wales
  
National Language
Norway
  
Wales
  
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
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Helô
  
Thank You
takk
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
god natt
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
Bore da
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
ha det
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Argentina
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Norsk
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
gallois
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Norwegian and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Welsh language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Welsh Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.