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Norwegian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
hallo  

Thank You
شكرا  
takk  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
god natt  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
god morgen  

Please
من فضلك  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
آسف  
unnskyld  

Bye
وداعا  
ha det  

I Love You
أحبك  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Norsk  

French Name
arabe  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Arabisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
512 CE  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
25  
23
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ara  
nor  

ISO 639 6
ara  
nor  

Glottocode
arab1395  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
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
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Norwegian Speaking population

Arabic and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Norwegian on Arabic vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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