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Turkish vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
Merhaba  
hallo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
takk  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
god natt  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
günaydın  
god morgen  

Please
lütfen  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
unnskyld  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
ha det  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Norsk  

French Name
turc  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Türkisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
19  
17
18  
16

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
nor  

ISO 639 3
tur  
nor  

ISO 639 6
tur  
nor  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
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
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Turkish and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Norwegian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Norwegian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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