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Cebuano vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Norway  

Second Language
Philippines  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • 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
Hiligaynon Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
hallo  

Thank You
Salamat  
takk  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
god natt  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
god morgen  

Please
Palihug  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
unnskyld  

Bye
Babay  
ha det  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
28
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
35
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Visayan  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Norsk  

French Name
cebuano  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Cebuano  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Cebuano people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
16th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
62  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
nor  

ISO 639 6
ceb  
nor  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Cebuano and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Cebuano vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Cebuano and Norwegian language. History of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano and Norwegian Language History.

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

Cebuano vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Cebuano vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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