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Croatian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
hallo   

Thank You
hvala   
takk   

How Are You?
kako si   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
laku noć   
god natt   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
god morgen   

Please
molim   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Oprostite   
unnskyld   

Bye
Doviđenja   
ha det   

I Love You
Volim te   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Norsk   

French Name
croate   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Croats   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
nor   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Croatian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Norwegian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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