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Norwegian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
-  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Xin chào  

Thank You
takk  
Cam on  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
god natt  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Vær så snill  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
ha det  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Norsk  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
vietnamien  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
18  
16
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
vie  

ISO 639 3
nor  
vie  

ISO 639 6
nor  
vie  

Glottocode
norw1258  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Norwegian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Vietnamese language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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