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Russian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Norway   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
hallo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
takk   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
god natt   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
god morgen   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
unnskyld   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
ha det   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

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

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Norsk   

French Name
russe   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Russisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
nor   

ISO 639 3
rus   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Russian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Norwegian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Russian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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