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Norwegian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
takk   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
god natt   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Vær så snill   
будь ласк   

Sorry
unnskyld   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
ha det   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Norsk   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Not Available   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Ukrainian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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