Countries
Norway
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2951
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
911
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2040
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
takk
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
god natt
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
god kveld
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
god morgen
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Vær så snill
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
unnskyld
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
ha det
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Chakma
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
30,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Hajong
Where They Speak
Sogn
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1925
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Norsk
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
bengali
German Name
Nynorsk
Bengali
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Bengali
Language Position
184
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Bengali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
ben
ISO 639 2/B
nor
ben
ISO 639 3
nor
ben
ISO 639 6
nor
ben
Glottocode
norw1258
beng1280
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-