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Arabic and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Norway  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
takk  
شكرا  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
god natt  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
god kveld  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
god morgen  
صباح الخير  

Please
Vær så snill  
من فضلك  

Sorry
unnskyld  
آسف  

Bye
ha det  
وداعا  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Norsk  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
arabe  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Arabs  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
18  
16
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
ara  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ara  

ISO 639 6
nor  
ara  

Glottocode
norw1258  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Norwegian and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Arabic Speaking population

Norwegian and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Arabic on Norwegian vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Arabic Language Codes

Norwegian and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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