Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Norway
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
god morgen
  
Please
Prosím
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Norsk
  
French Name
slovaque
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Norwegian language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Slovak vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.