Countries
Philippines
  
Norway
  
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 in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.