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Ilocano vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • 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, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
hallo  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
takk  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
god natt  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
god morgen  

Please
mangngegda  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
unnskyld  

Bye
Pakada  
ha det  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

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

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ilokano  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Norsk  

French Name
ilocano  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
18th 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
Modern Ilocano  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
94  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
nor  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
nor  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
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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Ilocano and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Ilocano vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Ilocano and Norwegian language. History of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano and Norwegian Language History.

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

Ilocano vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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