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Norwegian and Maithili


Maithili and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language 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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
pranam  

Thank You
takk  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
god natt  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
god kveld  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Vær så snill  
kripaya  

Sorry
unnskyld  
maf karai  

Bye
ha det  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
North India  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
maithili  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Maithili  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Maithil  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
18  
16
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
mai  

ISO 639 3
nor  
mai  

ISO 639 6
nor  
mai  

Glottocode
norw1258  
mait1250  

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Maithili Speaking population

Norwegian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Norwegian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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