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Romanian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Norway   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
alo   
hallo   

Thank You
multumesc   
takk   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
god natt   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
god morgen   

Please
Vă Rog   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
scuze   
unnskyld   

Bye
La revedere   
ha det   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Norsk   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1521   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ron   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Romanian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Norwegian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Romanian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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