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Norwegian and Malaysian


Malaysian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Norway  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hai  

Thank You
takk  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
god natt  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Vær så snill  
sila  

Sorry
unnskyld  
maaf  

Bye
ha det  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

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

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
24  
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Norsk  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
malais  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Malaiisch  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
18  
16
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
may  

ISO 639 3
nor  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
nor  
may  

Glottocode
norw1258  
stan1306  

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  
Agglutinative  

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

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Norwegian and Malaysian Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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