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Slovak vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
hallo  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
takk  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
god natt  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
god morgen  

Please
Prosím  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Pardón!  
unnskyld  

Bye
Dovidenia  
ha det  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Norsk  

French Name
slovaque  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
6th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
27  
25
18  
16

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
nor  

ISO 639 3
slk  
nor  

ISO 639 6
slk  
nor  

Glottocode
slov1269  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
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
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Slovak and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Norwegian language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Norwegian Language History.

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

Slovak vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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