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Slovene vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
hallo   

Thank You
Hvala   
takk   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
god natt   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
god morgen   

Please
Prosim   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Oprostite   
unnskyld   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
ha det   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Resian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Norsk   

French Name
slovène   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
972-1093   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
nor   

ISO 639 3
slv   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
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
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Slovene and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Norwegian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Norwegian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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