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Tagalog vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Philippines   
Norway   

Second Language
Filipinos   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
20   
10

Scripts
Baybayin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta   
hallo   

Thank You
Salamat po   
takk   

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
god natt   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
god morgen   

Please
pakiusap   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
unnskyld   

Bye
Paálam   
ha det   

I Love You
Iniibig kita   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
Not Available   

Native Name
Tagalog   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino   
Norsk   

French Name
tagalog   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Tagalog   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1593   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
58   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
nor   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
taga1269   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Tagalog and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Norwegian language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Norwegian Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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