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Gujarati vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
hallo  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
takk  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
god natt  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
god morgen  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
unnskyld  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
ha det  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
-  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Norsk  

French Name
goudjrati  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
15  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
23  
21
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
nor  

ISO 639 3
guj  
nor  

ISO 639 6
guj  
nor  

Glottocode
guja1252  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Gujarati and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Gujarati vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Gujarati and Norwegian language. History of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15 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 Gujarati and Norwegian Language History.

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

Gujarati vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Gujarati vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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