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Norwegian vs Slovak


Slovak vs 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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Norwegian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Slovak language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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