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Hindi vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
takk  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
god natt  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
god morgen  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
unnskyld  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
ha det  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Norsk  

French Name
hindi  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Hindi  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
7th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
5  
5
18  
16

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hin  
nor  

ISO 639 6
hins  
nor  

Glottocode
hind1269  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
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, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Hindi and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Norwegian language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Norwegian Language History.

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

Hindi vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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