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Norwegian and Indonesian


Indonesian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
takk  
Terima kasih  

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

Good Night
god natt  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Vær så snill  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
unnskyld  
maaf  

Bye
ha det  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Norsk  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
indonésien  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Indonesian  

Language Position
18  
16
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
ind  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ind  

ISO 639 6
nor  
ind  

Glottocode
norw1258  
indo1316  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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All Norwegian and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Indonesian Speaking population

Norwegian and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Norwegian vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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