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Spanish vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Norway   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
hallo   

Thank You
Gracias   
takk   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
god natt   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
god morgen   

Please
Por Favor   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
triste   
unnskyld   

Bye
adiós   
ha det   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Norsk   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Spanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
210 BC   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
nor   

ISO 639 3
spa   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Spanish and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Norwegian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Norwegian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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