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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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