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Vietnamese vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Norway  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
hallo  

Thank You
Cam on  
takk  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
god natt  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
god morgen  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
unnskyld  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
ha det  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Norsk  

French Name
vietnamien  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
14  
13
18  
16

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
nor  

ISO 639 3
vie  
nor  

ISO 639 6
vie  
nor  

Glottocode
viet1252  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
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
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Vietnamese and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Norwegian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Norwegian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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