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Norwegian and Malayalam


Malayalam and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Norway  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
takk  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

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

Good Night
god natt  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Vær så snill  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
ha det  
വിട (viṭa)  

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

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Israel, kerala  

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
India  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
France, kerala  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Norsk  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
malayalam  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Malayalam  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Malayali  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Malayalam  

Language Position
18  
16
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
mal  

ISO 639 3
nor  
mal  

ISO 639 6
nor  
mal  

Glottocode
norw1258  
mala1464  

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  
Synthetic  

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

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Norwegian and Malayalam Speaking population

Norwegian and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Norwegian vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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