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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   
Not Available   

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   
11
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
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Sognamål   

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

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

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

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.20 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
Not Available   
[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   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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