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Norwegian and Croatian


Croatian and Norwegian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Norway  
Austria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
bok  

Thank You
takk  
hvala  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
kako si  

Good Night
god natt  
laku noć  

Good Evening
god kveld  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
god morgen  
dobro jutro  

Please
Vær så snill  
molim  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Oprostite  

Bye
ha det  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Hrvatski  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
croate  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Kroatisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
18  
16
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
nor  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
nor  
hrv  

Glottocode
norw1258  
croa1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Norwegian and Croatian 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 Norwegian and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Croatian Speaking population

Norwegian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Norwegian and Croatian on Norwegian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Croatian Language Codes

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

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