National Language
Vietnam
Norway
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Not Available
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- 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
Chinese Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Chinese Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
god natt
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
god morgen
Please
xin vui lòng
Vær så snill
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Xin loi
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Sogn
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Norsk
French Name
vietnamien
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1440
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
norw1258
Linguasphere
46-EBA
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Norwegian language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.