Countries
Norway
Philippines
National Language
Norway
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
takk
Salamat po
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
god natt
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
god kveld
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
god morgen
Magandang umaga po
Please
Vær så snill
pakiusap
Sorry
unnskyld
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Sogn
Philippines
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Filipino
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Norsk
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
tagalog
German Name
Nynorsk
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Tagalog people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Filipino
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
taga1269
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Norwegian and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Tagalog language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.