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Korean and Norwegian


Norwegian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
hallo   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
takk   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
god natt   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
god morgen   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
unnskyld   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
ha det   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Norsk   

French Name
coréen   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
nor   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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All Korean and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Norwegian Speaking population

Korean and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Norwegian on Korean vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Norwegian Language Codes

Korean and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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