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Norwegian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Norway  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
hallo  

Thank You
Gracias  
takk  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
god natt  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
god morgen  

Please
Por Favor  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
triste  
unnskyld  

Bye
adiós  
ha det  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Norsk  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Spanisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
nor  

ISO 639 3
spa  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Spanish and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Norwegian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Norwegian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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