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Romanian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Norway  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
alo  
hallo  

Thank You
multumesc  
takk  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
god natt  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
god morgen  

Please
Vă Rog  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
scuze  
unnskyld  

Bye
La revedere  
ha det  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
Not Available  

Native Name
Română  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Norsk  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1521  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
36  
28
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ron  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Romanian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Norwegian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Romanian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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