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Bengali and Norwegian


Norwegian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Norway  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
hallo  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
takk  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
god natt  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
god morgen  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
unnskyld  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
ha det  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
India  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Norsk  

French Name
bengali  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Bengali  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
4  
4
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ben  
nor  

ISO 639 6
ben  
nor  

Glottocode
beng1280  
norw1258  

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

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Bengali and Norwegian Speaking population

Bengali and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Norwegian on Bengali vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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