Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Norway
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Chakma
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Hajong
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
India
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Norsk
French Name
bengali
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Bengali
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Norwegians
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Bengali
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
norw1258
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Bengali 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 Bengali and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Norwegian language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Bengali vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.