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Norwegian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Greek  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
takk  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
god natt  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
Vær så snill  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
ha det  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
arménien  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Armenisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Armenians  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
late 5th 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  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
18  
16
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
arm  

ISO 639 3
nor  
hye  

ISO 639 6
nor  
hye  

Glottocode
norw1258  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Norwegian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Armenian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. 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 Norwegian and Armenian Language History.

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Norwegian and Armenian 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 Norwegian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Armenian language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Norwegian vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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