Countries
Norway
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
National Language
Norway
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Com estàs?
Good Night
god natt
Bona nit
Good Evening
god kveld
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Bona tarda
Good Morning
god morgen
Bon dia
Please
Vær så snill
Sisplau
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
T'estimo
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Caló
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
France, Portugal, Spain
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Valencian
Where They Speak
Sogn
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Norsk
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
catalan; valencien
German Name
Nynorsk
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Catalan people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Catalan
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
stan1289
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Norwegian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Catalan language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.