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Malayalam vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
20  
10

Scripts
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
ഹലോ (halēā)  
hallo  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
takk  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
god natt  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
god morgen  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
unnskyld  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
ha det  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
India  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Norsk  

French Name
malayalam  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Malayalam  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
29  
27
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
nor  

ISO 639 3
mal  
nor  

ISO 639 6
mal  
nor  

Glottocode
mala1464  
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-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Malayalam and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Norwegian language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Malayalam and Norwegian Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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