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Balochi vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • 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
Kurdish and Persian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
26  
16
20  
10

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
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
Salam  
hallo  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
takk  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
god natt  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
god morgen  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
unnskyld  

Bye
bye  
ha det  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

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

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
بلوچی  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Norsk  

French Name
baloutchi  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
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
Balochi  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
39  
36
18  
16

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
nor  

ISO 639 3
bal  
nor  

ISO 639 6
bal  
nor  

Glottocode
balo1260  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
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  

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Balochi and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Norwegian language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century 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 Balochi and Norwegian Language History.

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

Balochi vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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