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Malaysian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Norway  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
hallo  

Thank You
terima kasih  
takk  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
god natt  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
god morgen  

Please
sila  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
maaf  
unnskyld  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
ha det  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Norsk  

French Name
malais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
54  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
nor  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
nor  

ISO 639 6
may  
nor  

Glottocode
stan1306  
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
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Malaysian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Norwegian language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Norwegian Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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