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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
Not Available   
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   
11

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   
31

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

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
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

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   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
23   
19

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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 Not Available 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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