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Norwegian and Slovak


Slovak and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Norway  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Ahoj  

Thank You
takk  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
god natt  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Vær så snill  
Prosím  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Pardón!  

Bye
ha det  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
slovaque  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Slowakisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Slovak  

Language Position
18  
16
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
slo  

ISO 639 3
nor  
slk  

ISO 639 6
nor  
slk  

Glottocode
norw1258  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Norwegian and Slovak Speaking population

Norwegian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Norwegian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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