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Ukrainian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
hallo   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
takk   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
god natt   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
god morgen   

Please
будь ласк   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
unnskyld   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
ha det   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
ukrainien   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1561   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Ukrainian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Norwegian language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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