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Armenian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
hallo  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
takk  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
god natt  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
god morgen  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
unnskyld  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
ha det  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
-  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Norsk  

French Name
arménien  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Armenisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
14  
13
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hye  
nor  

ISO 639 6
hye  
nor  

Glottocode
arme1241  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Armenian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Norwegian language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Armenian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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