Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Norway
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Norway
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe, South America
Minority Language
South Africa
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Not Available
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken 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
Not Available
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
How are you?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Good Night
god natt
Good Evening
Good Evening
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Good Morning
god morgen
Please
Please
Vær så snill
I Love You
I love you
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
American English
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
United States of America
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Norsk
Alternative Names
Not Available
Norsk
French Name
anglais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Englisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Not Available
Norwegians
Origin
5th Century AD
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard English
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
norw1258
Linguasphere
52-ABA
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
English 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 English and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Norwegian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common English Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Norwegian Difficulty
The English vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.