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Filipino vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Filipino


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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
hallo  

Thank You
Salamat  
takk  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
god natt  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
god morgen  

Please
Mangyaring  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
unnskyld  

Bye
Paalam  
ha det  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Waray  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
filipino  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Norsk  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Pilipino  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Filipino 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
Filipino  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
34  
32
18  
16

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
nor  

ISO 639 3
fil  
nor  

ISO 639 6
fil  
nor  

Glottocode
fili1244  
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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Filipino and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Norwegian language. History of Filipino 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 Filipino and Norwegian Language History.

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

Filipino vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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