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Turkish vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
hallo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
takk   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
god natt   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
günaydın   
god morgen   

Please
lütfen   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
unnskyld   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
ha det   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Norsk   

French Name
turc   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Türkisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
nor   

ISO 639 3
tur   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
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
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Turkish and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Norwegian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Norwegian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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