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Slovene and Norwegian


Norwegian and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
takk  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
god natt  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
god morgen  

Please
Prosim  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Oprostite  
unnskyld  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
ha det  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Resian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Slovenščina  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Norsk  

French Name
slovène  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
972-1093  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
28  
26
18  
16

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
nor  

ISO 639 3
slv  
nor  

ISO 639 6
slv  
nor  

Glottocode
slov1268  
norw1258  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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All Slovene and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovene and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovene and Norwegian Speaking population

Slovene and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovene and Norwegian on Slovene vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Norwegian Language Codes

Slovene and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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