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Norwegian vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Philippines   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Commission on the Filipino Language   

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
takk   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
god natt   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
Vær så snill   
Not available   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
ha det   
Pakada   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
ilocano   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian 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   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
Not Available   
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Norwegian and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Ilocano language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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